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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Attenuipyga Oman, 1949

Habitus, dorsal view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, face (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, pygofer laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, pygofer dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, male 1st and 2nd sternal apodemes, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, 2nd valvula (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Attenuipyga Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga platyrhyncha, 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Dorycephalus (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949a: 30.

    type species by original designation Dorycephalus knulli Sanders & DeLong, 1923

  • Dorycephalus (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949 (classified as Dorycephalini Oman, 1943) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 193.
  • Dorycephalus (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949 (classified as Hecalusaria Distant, 1908) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 97.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
  • 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.
  • 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

Type

type species by original designation of Attenuipyga Oman, 1949

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: attenuatus (thinned, reduced) + Greek: πυγή (tail)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Subgenus2035
Species902231
Subspecies20911