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Genus

Drabescus Stål, 1870

Habitus, dorsal view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, dorsal habitus (MNHN). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, dorsal habitus (MNHN). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, lateral habitus (MNHN). (Observation).
Nymph on Drabescus Stål, 1870: (Observation).
Nymph on Drabescus Stål, 1870: (Observation).
Nymph on Drabescus Stål, 1870: (Observation).
Nymph on Drabescus Stål, 1870: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, pygofer, laterally (MNHN). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, pygofer, dorsally (MNHN). (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, pygofer, ventrally (MNHN). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (MNHN). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, aedeagus, laterally (MNHN). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, aedeagus, caudally (MNHN). (Observation).
Connective on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus zhangi, connective and stylus, ventrally (MNHN). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus sp., 1st valvula dorsal sculpturing (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus sp., 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Drabescus Stål, 1870: Drabescus sp., 2nd valvula (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (22)

  • Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870c: 738. (valid in Dmitriev, 2026)

    type species by original monotypy Bythoscopus remotus Walker, 1851

  • Tylissus Stål, 1870c: 739.

    type species by original monotypy Tylissus nitens Stål, 1870

  • Tylissus Stål, 1870 (subjective synonym of Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 23.
  • Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870 (subjective synonym of Tylissus Stål, 1870) in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Stål, C. (1870c) Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 27, 607–776 + pls. 7–9. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61898
  • Signoret, V.A. (1879a) Essai sur les Jassides Stål, Fieb. et plus particulièrement sur les Acocéphalides Puton. 1re partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (5 série), 9(1), 47–92 + pls. 1–2. [separate paged 1-46]
  • Atkinson, E.F.T. (1885b) Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 3. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54(2), 76–117.
  • Takei, T. (1924a) Insects native to Numata in Gunma Prefecture. The Insect World, 28(12), 411–414. [in Japanese]
  • Chang, H.S. (1934a) Hemiptera. In Sericultural Entomology. pp. 103–132. [2 + 380 + 6 pp.]
  • Merino, G. (1936a) Philippine Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 61(3), 307–400, 4 pl.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1966c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 15. Iassidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA, II+229 pp.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Kuoh, C.-L. (1985a) New species of Drabescus and a new allied genus (Homoptera: Iassidae). Acta Zoologica Sinica, 31(4), 377–383. [in Chinese]
  • Anufriev, G.A. & Emeljanov, A.F. (1988a) Suborder Cicadinea (Auchenorrhyncha). [Подотряд Cicadinea (Auchenorrhyncha) – Цикадовые]. In P.A. Lehr (Ed.). Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR. Nauka, Leningrad (Russia). Vol. 2, pp. 12–495. [in Russian; 972pp.; translated into English by U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 4-496]
  • Zhang, Y.-L. & Webb, M.D. (1996a) A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 65(1), 1–103.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Drabescus Stål, 1870

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Draviskos (Greek: Δραβήσκος), a village in Serres regional unit, located 45 km southeast of the city of Serres (Greece)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus101011
Species76044120