genus
Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926d: 83.
type species by original designation Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892
- Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926 (classified as Deltocephalina Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 1975b: 487.
Type
Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892 type species by original designation of Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Latin: amplus (large, magnificent) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)
Nomenclature references (2)
- DeLong, D.M. (1926d) A monographic study of the North American species of the genus Deltocephalus. University Studies. The Ohio State University. Contributions in zoology and entomology. 2 (13): i-x, 1-129.
- 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.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| subgenus | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| species | 61 | 0 | 45 | 106 | |