Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Lateral. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Head/Face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, head, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, stylus and sugential plate, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, aedeagus, ventrally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, aedeagus, laterally. (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916): Deltocephalus balli, female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Other: !! display not done !! 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)
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  • Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) balli Van Duzee, 1916 in DeLong, 1926d: 94.
  • Graminella balli (Van Duzee, 1916) in Linnavuori, 1959b: 125.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

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.
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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.
  • 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.

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