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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Calana DeLong, 1936

Habitus, dorsal view on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Head on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, face. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, pygofer, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing on Calanana DeLong, 1945 now Calana DeLong, 1936: Calanana umbratica, forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Calana DeLong, 1936a: 218.

    type species by original designation Thamnotettix umbratica Ball, 1910

  • Calanana DeLong, 1945b: 272.

    type species by original designation Thamnotettix umbratica Ball, 1910

  • Calanana DeLong, 1945 (classified as Cicadulina Van Duzee, 1892) in Hamilton, 1975b: 492.
  • Calanana DeLong, 1945 (unnecessary replacement for Calana DeLong, 1936) in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (5)

  • DeLong, D.M. (1936a) Some new genera of leafhoppers related to Thamnotettix. The Ohio Journal of Science, 36, 217–219.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1945b) Nomenclatorial notes on Cicadellidae. The Ohio Journal of Science, 44, 272. [1944]
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.
  • 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.
  • Osborn, H. (1915a) Leafhoppers of Maine. Bulletin. University of Maine. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 238, 81–159.

Type

type species by original designation of Calana DeLong, 1936

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: καλός (beautiful) + -ana (related to)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species3069