species

Scleroracus instabilis (Van Duzee, 1893)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (20)

Athysanus instabilis Van Duzee, 1893a: 284. (valid in Metcalf, 1967a: 192)
Lectotype; male; 9424ad97-7be0-41dd-9229-b5808a4abedb; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Ag. Coll. Mich., 8-23 93.184
Athysanus instabilis Van Duzee, 1893 (subjective synonym of Cicada striatula Fallén, 1806) in Osborn & Ball, 1902a: 242.
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Athysanus elongatus Osborn, 1915 (subjective synonym of Athysanus instabilis Van Duzee, 1893) in Hamilton, 1994b: 113.
Limotettix (Scleroracus) instabilis (Van Duzee, 1893) in Hamilton, 1994b: 122.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: unstable, inconstant

Nomenclature references (17)

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.
China, W.E. (1929a) The James Edwards collection of British Homoptera with notes on certain genera and species (to be concluded). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 65, 223–231.
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DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.

Hamilton, K.G.A. (1994b) Evolution of Limotettix Sahlberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in peatlands, with descriptions of new taxa. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 169, 111–133.

Marshall, T.A. (1866j) Homoptera at Rannoch. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 3, 118–119.

McKamey, S.H. (2001a) Review of the Nearctic species of Limotettix (Scleroracus Van Duzee) leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 103(3), 686–753.

Metcalf, Z.P. (1967a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section I. Washington, D.C.: USDA. V + 1077 p.

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.

Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.

Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1902a) A review of the North American species of Athysanus (Jassidae). The Ohio Naturalist, 2, 231–256.

Osborn, H. & Drake, C.J. (1922a) An ecological study of the Hemiptera of the Cranberry Lake Region, New york. Technical Publication of New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Syracuse, 16, 5–24.

Osborn, H. (1915a) Leafhoppers of Maine. Bulletin. University of Maine. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 238, 81–159.

Ribaut, H. (1952a) Faune de France. 57. Homoptères Auchénorhynques. II. (Jassidae). Lechevalier, Paris, 474 pp.

Sanders, J.G. & DeLong, D.M. (1917a) The Cicadellidae (Jassoidea-Fam. Homoptera) of Wisconsin, with description of new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 10, 79–95 + pls. 8–9.

Uhler, P.R. (1877a) Report upon the insects collected by P.R. Uhler during the explorations of 1875, including monographs of the families Cydnidae and Saldae and the Hemiptera collected by A.S. Packard, Jr., M.D. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 3(2), 355–475 + pls. 27–28.

Van Duzee, E.P. (1893a) New North American Homoptera. -- No. VI. The Canadian Entomologist, 25, 280–285.
Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.

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	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	12	13