World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix decumanus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, aedeagus and dorsal connective, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, connective, stylus and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Sternite VIII (male): !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871a_unplaced1: 224.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada striola Fallén, 1806 in Van Duzee, 1892e: 306

  • Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871 (classified as Athysanina Van Duzee, 1892) in Hamilton, 1975b: 491.

Type

Cicada striola Fallén, 1806 type species by subsequent designation of Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: λειμών (meadow) + τέττιξ (cicada)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Sahlberg, J.R. (1871a_unplaced1) Öfversigt af Finlands och den Skandinaviska hälfons Cicadariae. I. Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar, 9(12), 1–506 + pls. 1–2.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1892e) The North American Jassidae allied to Thamnotettix. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 6, 305–310.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
subgenus301013
species3506297
subspecies203436