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Hecalus Stål, 1864

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, male, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, aedeagus laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus viridis, forewing. (Observation).
Connective: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Hind wing: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus viridis, hindwing. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Hecalus Stål, 1864: Hecalus hamiltoni, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (27)

  • 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 in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 217.
  • Hclas [sic] Stål, 1864 (misspelling of Hecalus Stål, 1864) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 217.

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 (19)

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  • 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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  • Distant, W.L. (1908d) Descriptions of some Rhynchota from Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 436–444.
  • 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.
  • 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 + pl. 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.]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1961a) Hemiptera (Homoptera): Cicadellidae. In B. Hanström (Ed.). South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Göteborg – Stockholm – Uppsala. Vol. 8, pp. 452–486. [557 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.
  • Morrison, W.P. (1973a) A revision of the Hecalinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects, 15(3-4), 379–438.
  • 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(1), 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

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RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus101213
species79072151
subspecies3058