subgenus

Amplicephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926

Descendants and synonyms

Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926d: 83.
type species by original designation Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892
Amplicephalus DeLong, 1926 in DeLong & Sleesman, 1929a: 96.
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Neodoratura Linnavuori, 1956 (unavailable, linked to Deltocephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926) in Linnavuori, 1959b: 106.
Amplicephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926 in Linnavuori, 1959b: 105.

Deltocephalus osborni Van Duzee, 1892 type species by original designation of Amplicephalus (Amplicephalus) DeLong, 1926

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: amplus (large, magnificent) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)

DeLong, D.M. & Sleesman, J.P. (1929a) New genera and subgenera form the genus Deltocephalus. A study of the internal male genitalia of the American species and their bearing upon taxonomy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 22, 81–114.
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.
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Linnavuori, R.E. (1959b) Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo', 20(1), 1–370.
Procter, W. (1946a) The insect fauna with references to methods of capture, food plants, the flora and other biological features. In Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Salisbury Cove, Maine). Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Philadelphia. Vol. 7, 566 pp.