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Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus varicolor, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus varicolor, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus varicolor, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Other: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Other. (Observation).
Other: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Other. (Observation).
Other: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Other. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., subgenitial plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., connective, stylus, and aedeagus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: Chiasmus sp., pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Nymph: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: (Observation).
Nymph: !! display not done !! on Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (27)

  • Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855a: 215.

    type species by original monotypy Chiasmus translucidus Mulsant & Rey, 1855

  • Atractotypus Fieber, 1865a: 44. (nomen nudum: no description)
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  • Actrotypus [sic] Fieber, 1866 (misspelling of Atractotypus Fieber, 1866) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 193.
  • Duraturopsis Melichar, 1908 (subjective synonym of Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855) in Zahniser, 2012: 175.

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
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  • Dominique, J. (1890a) Les Hémiptères de la Loire-Inférieure. Annales de la Société Académique de la Loire-Inférieure, 1, 87–116.
  • Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
  • Evans, J.W. (1974a) New Caledonian leafhoppers and the systematic position of Kosmiopelix Kirkaldy and Eucanthella Evans (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea). Pacific Insects, 16(2-3), 165–175.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1865a) Bericht über den Fortschritt inder Bearbeitung der europäischen Homoptera. (Cicadaria). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 43–44.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1866a) Neue Gattungen und Arten in Homoptern (Cicadina Bur.). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 497–516 + pl. VII.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Lambertie, M. (1901a) Contribution à la faune des Hémiptères, Hétéreoptères, cicadines et psyllides du Sud-Ouest de la France. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux, 56, 129–230. [separate paged 1-102]
  • Melichar, L. (1908b) Nové rody a druhy Homopter z východni Afriky. Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické = Acta Societatis Entomologicae Bohemiae, 5, 1–15.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 8. Aphrodidae. USDA, Washington, D.C., 268 pp.
  • Mulsant, M.É. & Rey, C. (1855a) Description de quelques Hémiptères-Homoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, 2(2), 197–249, 426 + pl. 1.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Sahlberg, J.R. (1871a) Öfversigt af Finlands och den Skandinaviska hälfons Cicadariae. I. Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar, 9(12), 1–506 + pls. 1–2.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1877a) [Remarques sur divers Hémiptères.]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. (Ser. 5), 7, xxi-xxiii.
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. (1930a) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and description of some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 1–68 + pls. I-V.
  • Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]
  • Zahniser, J.N. (2012) New generic synonymies and combinations in Chiasmini (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 32(03), 173–176. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1742758412000264

Type

type species by original monotypy of Chiasmus Mulsant & Rey, 1855

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: χίασμα (chiasma, diagonal cross) (reffering to overlapping elytra)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus101213
species1403448