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Habitus, dorsal view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Head on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Face. (Observation).
Head on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): head, pronotum and mesonotum; female, from China. (Observation).
Head on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): head, pronotum and mesonotum; male, holotype. (Observation).
Head on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): face. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): type. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): from Ceylon. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Stylus on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): type. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): from Ceylon. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): type, posteroventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): dorsal view. (Observation).
Connective on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Connective. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Ovipositor. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Ovipositor. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): holotype. (Observation).
Other on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Other on Exitianus indicus (Distant, 1908): Labels. Labels for the lateral image. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Athysanus indicus Distant, 1908g: 344. (valid in Khatri & Webb, 2010a: 10)

    Holotype; female; 918edcee-d524-4410-8d12-394890b6eb78; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India, West Bengal: Calcutta, now Kolkata, Atkinson Col., VI.1892

  • Athysanus atkinsoni Distant, 1908g: 345.

    Holotype; female; 78d9c007-f0a1-48a3-9352-31c86c475ff3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India, West Bengal: Calcutta, now Kolkata, Atkinson Col., VI.1892

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  • Exitianus major Ahmed & Qadeer, 1988 in Ahmed, Qadeer & Malik, 1988a: 10.

    Holotype; male; cee5bf95-4156-4f8d-b93b-0299bb274030; deposited at: University of Karachi (KUH); Pakistan: Karachi, grass, 26.VI.1985, Qadeer

  • Exitianus major Ahmed & Qadeer, 1988 (subjective synonym of Athysanus indicus Distant, 1908) in Khatri & Webb, 2010a: 10.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Ahmed, M., Qadeer, A. & Malik, K.F. (1988a) Some new cicadellids from grasslands of Karachi, Pakistan (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 12, 10–17.
  • 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.]
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  • 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.
  • Khatri, I. & Webb, M.D. (2010a) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365, 1–47.
  • Lindberg, H. & Zakhvatkin, A.A. (1936a) "Homoptera Cicadina." In Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen China, unter Leitung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Su Ping-chang. Insekten gesammelt vom schwedischen... Dr. David Hummel 1927-1930. Arkiv för Zoologi, 29A(4), 1–18.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • Ross, H.H. (1968a) The evolution and dispersal of the grassland leafhopper genus Exitianus, with keys to the Old World species (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 22(1), 1–30.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from India

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078