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Habitus, dorsal view on Cicadulina (Cicadulina) triangula Ruppel, 1965 now Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cicadulina (Cicadulina) triangula Ruppel, 1965 now Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cicadulina (Cicadulina) triangula Ruppel, 1965 now Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936: (Observation).
Head on Cicadulina (Cicadulina) triangula Ruppel, 1965 now Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936: (Observation).
Other on Cicadulina (Cicadulina) triangula Ruppel, 1965 now Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Cicadulina storeyi China, 1936a: 251.

    Syntypes; adult; 603983a4-7a4c-40e4-979a-0736ea76b21e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Tanznia, former Tanganyika Territory: Amani; on maize, 1935, H.H. Storey

  • Cicadulina nicholsi Storey, 1936c: 11. (nomen nudum: no description)
  • Cicadulina triangula Ruppel, 1965 (subjective synonym of Cicadulina storeyi China, 1936) in Webb, 1987b: 705.
  • Cicadulina (Cicadulina) storeyi China, 1936 in Webb, 1987b: 705.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • China, W.E. (1936a) A new species of Cicadulina, China (Homoptera, Jassidae) injurious to maize in Tanganyika Territory. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 27(2), 251–252.
  • Poos, F.W. (1938a) Insects in relation to diseases of cereal and forage crops. Journal of Economic Entomology, 31, 24–38.
  • Ruppel, R.F. (1965a) A review of the genus Cicadulina (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Publications of the Museum of Michigan State University, Biological Series, 2(8), 385–428.
  • Smith, K.M. (1937a) A textbook of plant virus diseases. P. Blakiston's Son and Company, Inc.. Philadelphia, v-x + 615 pp.
  • Storey, H.H. (1936c) Report of the Plant Pathologist. Virus diseases of plants. Annual Report. East African Agricultural Research Station, Amani, 8, 11–14.
  • Webb, M.D. (1987b) Species recognition in Cicadulina leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), vectors of pathogens of Gramineae. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 77(4), 683–712.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Harold Haydon Storey, a pioneering British plant pathologist and entomological collector (East African Agricultural Research Station in Amani, Tanganyika, now Tanzania)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034