Species

Drabescus vilbastei Zhang & Webb, 1996

Descendants and synonyms

Drabescus nigrifemoratus Vilbaste, 1971 non Matsumura, 1905 in Vilbaste, 1971a: 105.
Drabescus nigrifemoratus Vilbaste, 1971 non Matsumura, 1905 (misapplication, linked to Selenocephalus nigrifemoratus Matsumura, 1905)

Drabescus vilbastei Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 26.
Holotype; male; 30ccb7cc-b17f-4f70-9e2e-10dea7f1b49f; deposited at: Saitama University, Japan (SUU); Japan, Honshu: Saitama Pref., Nihongi Pass, 14.viii.1984, M. Hayashi et al.
Drabescus nigrifemoratus Vilbaste, 1971 non Matsumura, 1905 (unavailable, linked to Drabescus vilbastei Zhang & Webb, 1996) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 26.

Li, J.-J., Liu, H.-H., Wu, Y.-X., Ye, L. & Huang, X.-L. (2021) A dataset on type specimens of hemipteran insects in China. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e64443
Matsumura, S. (1905a) Nippon Senchu Zukai [1000 insects of Japan]. Tokyo, Vol. 2, pp. 42–70 + pls. 20–21. [in Japanese]

Vilbaste, J. (1971a) Eesti Tirdid Homoptera: Cicadinea I. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Zooloogia ja Botaanika Institute, Kirjastus. [Cicadiidae of Estonia. Homoptera: Cicadinea, Tettigometridae, Cixiidae, Delphacidae, Achilidae, Issidae, Cicadidae, Aphrophoridae, Membracidae]. Valgus, Tallinn, Estonia, 282 pp. [in Estonian]
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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Juhan Vilbaste (1924–1985), an entomologist from Estonia, who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha

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
Species	1	0	1	2