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Genus

Gloridonus Ball, 1936

Habitus, dorsal view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Gloridonus) gloriosus, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Gloridonus) gloriosus, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) filamenta, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) caliperus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Gloridellus) gemellus, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Gloridonus) gloriosus, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Gloridellus) gemellus, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) caliperus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) filamenta, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) vetulus, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) vetulus, face. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Gloridonus Ball, 1936: Gloridonus (Ballana) atridorsum, connective and aedeagus, laterally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Gloridonus Ball, 1936c: 58.

    type species by original designation Thamnotettix gloriosa Ball, 1910

  • Gloridonus Ball, 1936 (classified as Cochlorhinini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 62.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Ball, E.D. (1936c) Some new genera of leafhoppers related to Thamnotettix. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 31, 57–60.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

Type

type species by original designation of Gloridonus Ball, 1936

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: gloria (glory) + donum (gift, present)

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
Genus1001
Subgenus40610
Species820204286
Subspecies2305679