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Habitus, dorsal view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Lateral. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Head/Face. (Observation).
Head on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, head, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, stylus and sugential plate, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, aedeagus, laterally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, aedeagus, ventrally. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Other on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Labels. Labels for the specimen used for the dorsal, lateral and face images. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Deltocephalus nigrifrons (Van Duzee, 1894) non Forbes, 1885 in Van Duzee, 1894a: 293.
  • Deltocephalus nigrifrons (Van Duzee, 1894) non Forbes, 1885 (misapplication, linked to Cicadula nigrifrons Forbes, 1885)
  • Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) balli Van Duzee, 1916 in DeLong, 1926d: 94.
  • Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916) in Linnavuori, 1959b: 125.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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.
  • Forbes, S.A. (1885a) Report of the State Entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the State of Illinois. Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 14, i-vii, 1–136.
  • 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.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1894a) A catalogue of the described Jassoidea of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 21, 245–317.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Elmer Darwin Ball (1870–1943), an American Auchenorrhyncha specialist

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034