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Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): head, dorsally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Deltocephalus compactus Osborn & Ball, 1897a: 217.

    Syntypes; adult; cf51dd70-c69f-4fd5-b34d-8cc3adc80bd0; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: state of Washington. Syntypes; adult; 7e612c7c-b28c-4af6-ad8b-dd45a38e283d; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Iowa: Ames

  • Deltocephalus compatus [sic] (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Crumb, 1911a: 235.
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  • Polyamia compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Lowry, 1933a: 71.
  • Polyamia (Copolyamia) compacta (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Sinada & Blocker, 1994a: 776.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: firm, well-set, compact

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Crumb, S.E. (1911a) The Jassoidea of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 24, 232–238.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Sleesman, J.P. (1929a) New genera and subgenera form the genus Deltocephalus. A study of the internal male genitalia of the American species and their bearing upon taxonomy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 22, 81–114.
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  • 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.
  • Lowry, P.R. (1933a) Cicadellidae leafhoppers of New Hampshire. The Ohio Journal of Science, 33, 59–80.
  • 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]
  • Sinada, N.A. & Blocker, H.D. (1994a) Revision of the New World genus Polyamia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 87(6), 771–794.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1056