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Genus

Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838

Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, face. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838: Deltocephalus pulicaris, hindwing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (40)

  • Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) Burmeister, 1838b: pl.15.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada pulicaris Fallén, 1806 in Distant, 1908g: 380

  • Deltocephalas [sic] Burmeister, 1838 in Herrich-Schäffer, 1840a: 381.
  • Deletocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1838 in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 13.
  • Deletocephalus [sic] Burmeister, 1838 (misspelling of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) Burmeister, 1838) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 13.

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838b) Selenocephalus, Coelidia, Eupelix, Jassus. In Genera quaedam insectorum. Iconibus illustravit et descripsit. Sumtibus A. Burmeister, Berlin. Vol. 1, pp. pls: 6, 12, 14, 15.
  • Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. (1840a) Fauna Ratisbonnensis, oder Ubersicht der in der Gegend um Regensbug einheimischen Thiere. viii + 478 pp. [Zunft III. Cicadina.." In Animalia articulata. Classis I. Insecta: 378-385]
  • Westwood, J.O. (1840b) Synopsis of the genera of British insects. Order X. Homoptera. In An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. pp. 115–117. [xi + 587 + 158 pp.]
  • Provancher, L. (1889a) Deuxième sous-ordre les Homoptères. In Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada, précédée d'un Traité elémentaire d'Entomologie. Vol. 3, pp. 207–292.
  • Horváth, G. (1891b) Hemipterološki izlet u Primorje i na Plitvička jezera. Glasnik Hrvatskoga Naravoslovnoga Družtva. Societas Historico-Naturalis Croatica, 6, 29–49.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Barber, G.W. (1920b) A 1919 collection of Cicadellidae in the environs of Boston. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 27, 146–150.
  • Matsumura, S. (1920a) Manual of Japanese Injurious Insects. Ed. 2, Vol. 1, 32 + 857 pp.
  • Osborn, H. & Drake, C.J. (1922a) An ecological study of the Hemiptera of the Cranberry Lake Region, New york. Technical Publication of New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Syracuse, 16, 5–24.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1923a) "Family Cicadellidae." In Britton's Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bulletin. State of Connecticut. State Geological and Natural History Survey, 34, 56–163.
  • Prohaska, K. (1923a) "Hemiptera homoptera. Zikaden, Zirpen." In Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Hemipteren Kärntens. Carinthia II, 113/33, 32–101.
  • 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.
  • Anonymous (1929) [Jassidae.]. Journal of Plant Protection, 16, 285–288.
  • Esaki, T. & Ito, S. (1954a) A tentative catalogue of Jassoidea of Japan, and her adjacent territories. Japan Society for Promotion of Science. Ueno Park, Tokyo, 315 pp.
  • Fattig, P.W. (1955a) The Cicadellidae or leaf hoppers of Georgia. Emory University Museum Bulletin, 11, 1–68.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section III. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 2075–2695 pp.
  • Nast, J. (1987a) The Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) of Europe. Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 40(15), 535–661.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Webb, M.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2009a) Annotated check-list, generic key and new species of Old World Deltocephalini leafhoppers with nomenclatorial changes in the Deltocephalus group and other Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2163, 1–64.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Deltocephalus Burmeister, 1838

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: letter Δ (δέλτα, delta) + κεφαλή (head)

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
Genus102223
Species4094796