Genus
Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944i: 236.
type species by original designation Tenucephalus marginellus DeLong, 1944
- Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944 (classified as Hecalini Distant, 1908) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 255.
- Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944 (classified as Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 2000a: 452.
- Tenucephalus DeLong, 1944 (classified as Faltalini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2010) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 85.
Nomenclature references (4)
- DeLong, D.M. (1944i) A new genus (Tenucephalus) and species of Mexican leafhopper related to Parabolocratus. The Ohio Journal of Science, 44, 236–237.
- Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
- Hamilton, K.G.A. (2000a) Five genera of New World “shovel-headed” and “spoon-bill” leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Dorycephalini and Hecalini). The Canadian Entomologist, 132, 429–503.
- Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Latin: tenuis (thin, slender, delicate) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 29 | 0 | 1 | 30 |