subgenus

Sanctanus (Cruciatanus) DeLong & Hershberger, 1946

Descendants and synonyms

Sanctanus (Cruciatanus) DeLong & Hershberger, 1946a: 208.
type species by original designation Scaphoideus cruciatus Osborn, 1911
Amplicephalus (Cruciatanus) DeLong & Hershberger, 1946 in Linnavuori, 1959b: 101.

Scaphoideus cruciatus Osborn, 1911 type species by original designation of Sanctanus (Cruciatanus) DeLong & Hershberger, 1946

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Deltocephalus cruciatus Osborn, 1911; from Latin: cruciatus (crucified) + -anus (related to)

DeLong, D.M. & Hershberger, R.Y. (1946a) The genus Sanctanus in North America including the Mexican species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 39, 207–224.
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.