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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Subgenus

Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949

Head on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga (Dorycara) platyrhyncha, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga (Dorycara) platyrhyncha, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Dorycara platyrhyncha, face. (Observation).
Head on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga (Dorycara) platyrhyncha, head, laterally. (Observation).
Forewing on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga (Dorycara) platyrhyncha, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949: Attenuipyga (Dorycara) platyrhyncha, hindwing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

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

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

  • Attenuipyga Oman, 1949 in Oman, 1985a: 322.
  • Attenuipyga (Attenuipyga) Oman, 1949 in Oman, 1985a: 322.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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. (1985a) A synopsis of the Nearctic Dorycephalinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58(2), 314–336.

Type

type species by original designation of Attenuipyga (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
Subgenus1023
Species601420