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Habitus, dorsal view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, male, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, male, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, female, dorsal habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, female, lateral habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, male, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): (Observation).
Head on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, face. (Observation).
Head on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Phlepsanus nigrifrons, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Stylus. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): Sternite VII. (Observation).
Other on Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Phlepsius nigrifrons Ball, 1905b: 210.

    Lectotype; male; No. 10438 USNM; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Arkansas: Hot Springs, 24.VI, Barber and Schwarz

  • Phlepsius (Phlepsius) nigrifrons Ball, 1905 in Osborn & Lathrop, 1923a: 322.
  • Paraphlepsius nigrifrons (Ball, 1905) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 53.
  • Phlepsanus nigrifrons (Ball, 1905) in Oman, 1949a: 141.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Ball, E.D. (1905b) New species of Phlepsius and related genera (Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 37(6), 209–212.
  • Osborn, H. & Lathrop, F.H. (1923a) The genus Phlepsius in North America (Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 16, 310–350.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
  • Crowder, H.W. (1952a) A revision of some Phlepsius-like genera of the tribe Deltocephalini (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in America north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 35, pt. 1(3), 309–541.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: black face

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034