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genus

Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929

Head: !! display not done !! on Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929: Amblysellus curtisii, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929: Amblysellus curtisii, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing: !! display not done !! on Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929: Amblysellus curtisii, forewing. (Observation).
Connective: !! display not done !! on Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929: Amblysellus dorsti, connective and stylus, ventrally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929a: 131.

    type species by original designation Amblycephalus curtisii Fitch, 1851

  • Amblysellus Sleesman, 1929 (classified as Deltocephalina Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 1975b: 487.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
  • Sleesman, J.P. (1929a) A monographic study of the North American species of Euscelis and allied genera. (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Entomologica Americana (New Series), 10, 87–148 + pls. 1–10.

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: αμβλύς (blunt, optuse) + -ellus (diminutive suffix)

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
genus1001
species1801432