species

Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus senilis (Van Duzee, 1907): (Observation).

Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus senilis (Van Duzee, 1907): (Observation).

Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).

Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): subgenital plates, ventrally. (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): head, dorsally. (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus senilis (Van Duzee, 1907): (Observation).

Stylus: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): Stylus. (Observation).

Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).

Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): Pygofer, dorsal view. (Observation).

Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).

Other: !! display not done !! on Planicephalus senilis (Van Duzee, 1907): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (35)

Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862e: 53.
Deltocephalus retrorsus Osborn, 1891d: 197. (nomen nudum: no description)
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Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892a: 126. (nomen nudum: no description)
Deltocephalus retrorsus Osborn, 1891 in Osborn, 1892a: 126.
Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892c: 228.
Deltocephalus retrorsus Osborn, 1891 in Van Duzee, 1894a: 294.
Deltocephalus retrorsus Uhler, 1895a: 78.
Deltocephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862) in Baker, 1897e: 117.
Deltocephalus retroversus [sic] (Uhler, 1895) in Smith, 1900: 95.
Deltocephalus retroversus [sic] (Uhler, 1895) (misspelling of Deltocephalus retrorsus Uhler, 1895) in Smith, 1900: 95.
Deltocephalus flavocosta [sic] (Stål, 1862) in Crevecoeur, 1905a: 235.
Deltocephalus flavocosta [sic] (Stål, 1862) (misspelling of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Crevecoeur, 1905a: 235.
Deltocephalus senilis Van Duzee, 1907a: 67.
Deltocephalus retrorsus Uhler, 1895 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Van Duzee, 1907a: 67.
Deltocephalus contestus Valdés Ragués, 1910a: 445.
Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892 in Valdés Ragués, 1910a: 445.
Deltocephalus contextus [sic] (Valdés Ragués, 1910) in Valdés Ragués, 1914a: 105.
Deltocephalus harrisi [sic] (Osborn, 1892) in Valdés Ragués, 1914a: 105.
Deltocephalus contextus [sic] (Valdés Ragués, 1910) (misspelling of Deltocephalus contestus Valdés Ragués, 1910) in Valdés Ragués, 1914a: 105.
Deltocephalus harrisi [sic] (Osborn, 1892) (misspelling of Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892) in Valdés Ragués, 1914a: 105.
Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892 (unavailable or invalid, linked to Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Van Duzee, 1917b: 645.
Deltocephalus pellucidus Osborn, 1926c: 346.
Syntypes; adult; d8646cc7-4fe7-4eb9-b439-79beed161bcb; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Cuba: Ermita, partly in woods, and cane fields, and one specimen on Canatilla, Feb. 17, 1925, H. Osborn
Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) flavicosta (Stål, 1862) in DeLong, 1926d: 90.
Deltocephalus favicosta [sic] (Stål, 1862) in Lawson, 1929a: 40.
Deltocephalus favicosta [sic] (Stål, 1862) (misspelling of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Lawson, 1929a: 40.
Deltocephalus flavicostus [sic] (Stål, 1862) in Lowry, 1933a: 72.
Deltocephalus flavicostus [sic] (Stål, 1862) (misspelling of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Lowry, 1933a: 72.
Deltocephalus contestus Valdés Ragués, 1910 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Wolcott, 1936a: 83.
Deltocephalus harrisii Osborn, 1892 in Oman, 1949a: 173.
Deltocephalus senilis Van Duzee, 1907 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Box, 1953b: 46.
Deltocephalus (Planicephalus) flavicosta (Stål, 1862) in Linnavuori, 1954e: 144.
Deltocephalus pellucidus Osborn, 1926 (subjective synonym of Jassus [sic] (Deltocephalus) flavicosta Stål, 1862) in Linnavuori, 1959b: 130.
Deltocephalus retrorsus Osborn, 1891 (unavailable or invalid, linked to Deltocephalus retrorsus Uhler, 1895) in Metcalf, 1967b: 1131.

Paraphlepsius flavicosta (Stål, 1862) in McDaniel, 1982: 3.
Planicephalus flavicosta (Stål, 1862) in Pinedo-Escatel, Blanco-Rodríguez & Nah-Ramos, 2024: 10.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: yellow vein

Nomenclature references (25)

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Crevecoeur, F.F. (1905a) Additions to the list of the hemipterous fauna of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, 19, 232–237.

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.

Lawson, P.B. (1929a) Leafhoppers and the trap light. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2, 39–47.

Linnavuori, R.E. (1954e) Contributions to the Neotropical leafhopper fauna of the family Cicadellidae II. A revision of some of Stål's and Osborn's Neotropical leafhopper species. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 20(3), 124–145.

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.

Lowry, P.R. (1933a) Cicadellidae leafhoppers of New Hampshire. The Ohio Journal of Science, 33, 59–80.

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Metcalf, Z.P. (1967b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section II. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1078–2074 pp.

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Osborn, H. (1892c) Homoptera injurious to grasses. Science, 19, 228–229.

Osborn, H. (1926c) Faunistic and ecologic notes on Cuban Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 19, 335–366 + pls. 30–31.

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Wolcott, G.N. (1936a) "Insectae Borinquenses." A revision of "Insectae Portoricensis." A preliminary annotated check-list of the insects of Porto Rico, with description of some new species. "First supplement to Insectae Portoricensis". The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 20(1), 1–600.

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	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	17	18