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Habitus, dorsal view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus viridis, face (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Hecalus hamiltoni, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Hind wing on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Neohecalus lineatus, female, hindwing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Neohecalus lineatus, male, hindwing. (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Hecalina Distant, 1908: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, male 1st and 2nd sternal apodemes, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Hecalusaria Distant, 1908g: 273.

    type genus Hecalus Stål, 1864

  • Hecalinae Distant, 1908 in Haupt, 1929b: 1074.
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  • Hecalide [sic] Distant, 1908 (misspelling of Hecalusaria Distant, 1908) in Ishihara, 1953b: 35.
  • Reuteriellini Evans, 1947 (subjective synonym of Hecalusaria Distant, 1908) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 180.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
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  • Haupt, H. (1929b) Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertenden Merkmalen. Proceedings of the International Zoological Congress, 10, 1071–1075.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953b) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1–72.
  • 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.
  • Strickland, E.H. (1953a) An annotated list of the Hemiptera (S. L.) of Alberta. The Canadian Entomologist, 85, 193–214.

Type

type genus of Hecalina Distant, 1908

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subtribe1056
Genus2402953
Subgenus2035
Species1640231395
Subspecies501419