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genus

Ophiola Edwards, 1922

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Ophiola Edwards, 1922a: 206. (valid in Metcalf, 1952a: 231)

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada striatula Fallén, 1806 in Ball, 1928c: 185

  • Euscelis (Ophiala [sic]) Edwards, 1922 in Schmidt, 1939a: 137.
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  • Opiala [sic] Edwards, 1922
  • Opiala [sic] Edwards, 1922 (misspelling of Ophiola Edwards, 1922)

Type

Cicada striatula Fallén, 1806 type species by subsequent designation of Ophiola Edwards, 1922

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: όφις (snake) + -ola (diminutive suffix)

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Ball, E.D. (1928c) A supplemental review of the genus Ophiola Edwd. (Conosanus O. & B.) in N. A. (Homoptera Cicadellinae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 23, 185–190.
  • Edwards, J. (1922a) A generic arrangement of British Jassina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 58, 204–207.
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  • 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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1952a) New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 42, 226–231.
  • Oman, P.W. (1947a) The types of auchenorrhynchous Homoptera in the Iowa State College collection. Iowa State College Journal of Science, 21(2), 161–228.
  • Ribaut, H. (1942a) Demembrement des generes Athysanus Burm. et Thamnottetix Zett. [Homoptera-Jassidae]. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 77, 259–270. [separate paged 1-12]
  • Schmidt, G. (1939a) Gebräuchliche Namen von Schadinsekten in verschiedenen Ländern. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem, 6, 1–160.

Stats

Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus1034
species100134144