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Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus giffardi (Van Duzee, 1917) now Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: Lateral. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Deltocephalus giffardi (Van Duzee, 1917) now Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: Head/Face. (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus giffardi (Van Duzee, 1917) now Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Other on Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the dorsal, lateral and face images. (Observation).
Other on Deltocephalus giffardi (Van Duzee, 1917) now Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899d: 308.

    Syntype; female, adult; a7a669ed-5afd-4b8c-9563-784cf48c8d0d; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Head waters of the Little Beaver (9,500 ft. alt.), Larimer Co., Colo.. Syntype; adult, male; 5ee68920-55b1-490b-a810-fda67066db7b; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Head waters of the Little Beaver (9,500 ft. alt.), Larimer Co., Colo.

  • Acocephalus [sic] giffardi Van Duzee, 1917a: 293.
  • Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) castoreus Ball, 1899 in DeLong, 1926d: 86.
  • Acocephalus [sic] giffardi Van Duzee, 1917 (subjective synonym of Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 40.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1899d) Some new Deltocephalinae (Jassidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 31, 306–310.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • 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.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917a) Report upon a collection of Hemiptera made by Walter M. Giffard in 1916 and 1917, chiefly in California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 7(4), 249–318.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: from beaver

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023