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Hecalus Stål, 1864

Habitus, dorsal view: Hecalus hamiltoni, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Hecalus hamiltoni, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate: Hecalus hamiltoni, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing: Hecalus viridis, forewing. (Observation).
Connective: Hecalus hamiltoni, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Hind wing: Hecalus viridis, hindwing. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (26)

  • Hecalus Stål, 1864b: 65.

    type species by subsequent designation Petalocephala paykulli Stål, 1854 in Distant, 1908d: 145

  • Parabolocratus Fieber, 1866a: 502.

    type species by original monotypy Parabolocratus glaucescens Fieber, 1866

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  • Hclas [sic] Stål, 1864 (misspelling of Hecalus Stål, 1864) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 217.
  • Columbanus Distant, 1916 (subjective synonym of Hecalus Stål, 1864) in Dmitriev, 2024

Type

Petalocephala paykulli Stål, 1854 type species by subsequent designation of Hecalus Stål, 1864

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ἤκαλος (peaceful, still)

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Ball, E.D. (1900a) Notes on the Acocephalina (Homoptera-Jassidae). Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 7, 64–72.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908d) Descriptions of some Rhynchota from Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 436–444.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1912d) Descriptions of some new Homoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 10(8), 438–446.
  • Distant, W.L. (1916a) Rhynchota - Vol. VI. Homoptera: Appendix. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Taylor and Francis. London. Vol. 6, pp. i-vii + 1–248.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2024) Personal communication.
  • Evans, J.W. (1941e) New Australian leaf-hoppers. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 65(1), 36–41.
  • 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.
  • Evans, J.W. (1966a) The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 12, 1–347.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1866a) Neue Gattungen und Arten in Homoptern (Cicadina Bur.). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 497–516 + pls. VII.
  • Ikuma, Y. (1903a) Concerning the rice leafhopper, Cicadula sexnotata, of Oshima Island. The Insect World, 7, 183–191 + pls. V-VI.
  • Ishihara, T. (1965d) Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha. In Iconographia Insectorum. Japonicorum Colore Naturali Edita. Hokurgukan, Tokyo, Japan. Vol. 3, pp. 109–136 pp. + 55–68 pls. [in Japanese; 358 pp.]
  • Lugger, O. (1900a) "Sub-order Homoptera." In Bugs injurious to our cultivated plants. Bulletin of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 69, 1–259.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963d) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 9. Hecalidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA. 123 p.
  • 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.
  • Osborn, H. (1898a) Additions to the list of Hemiptera of Iowa, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 5, 232–247 + pls. I-V.
  • Stål, C. (1864b) Hemiptera nonnulla nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 4, 47–68.
  • Stål, C. (1870c) Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 27, 607–776 + pls. 7–9. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61898
  • de Bergevin, E. (1929a) Description d'un nouveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce d'Acocephalaria (hémiptère-homoptère) du Hoggar. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 20, 7–9, pl. 1.

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genus13112
species1507971
subspecies835