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Species

Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890

Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Head/Face. (Observation).
Other on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the face image. (Observation).
Other on Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890: Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the dorsal and lateral images. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890g: 96.
  • Doratura minuta (Van Duzee, 1890) in Osborn & Ball, 1897a: 232.
  • Deltocephalus playensis Oman, 1940a: 202.
  • Deltocephalus playensis Oman, 1940 (subjective synonym of Deltocephalus minutus Van Duzee, 1890) in Kramer, 1971c: 436.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1890g) New California Homoptera. Entomologica Americana, 6, 91–96.
  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1897a) Contributions to the Hemipterous fauna of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 4(No. 1, Art. 31), 172–234 + pls. 19–26. [1896]
  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1898c) Studies of North American Jassoidea. New species, dimorphic forms and early stages of Jassidae. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 7, 74–100, pl. 4–6.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1926c) The genus Lonatura Osborn and Ball (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 52, 93–102.
  • 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.
  • Oman, P.W. (1940a) Three new species of Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 42, 201–203.
  • Kramer, J.P. (1971c) A taxonomic study of the North American leafhoppers of the genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 97, 413–439.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: small, insignificant

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056