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Habitus, dorsal view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix decumanus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, face. (Observation).
Head on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Sternite VIII (male) on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, aedeagus and dorsal connective, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871: Limotettix striolus, connective, stylus and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871a: 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.

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) 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.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Limotettix Sahlberg, 1871

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: λειμών (meadow) + τέττιξ (cicada)

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
Subgenus301013
Species3606298
Subspecies203638