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Head on Cortona Oman, 1938: head, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Cortona Oman, 1938: head, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Cortona Oman, 1938: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Cortona Oman, 1938: Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cortona Oman, 1938: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cortona Oman, 1938: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Forewing on Cortona Oman, 1938: forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Cortona Oman, 1938b: 390.

    type species by original designation Cortona minuta Oman, 1938

  • Cortona Oman, 1938 (classified as Macrostelini Kirkaldy, 1906) in Knight & Webb, 1993a: 46.
  • Cortona Oman, 1938 (classified as Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Kamitani, 1999a: 79.
  • Cortona Oman, 1938 (classified as Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Duan, Dietrich & Zhang, 2017b: 360.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Duan, Y.-N., Dietrich, C.H. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2017b) Revision of the South American grassland leafhopper genus Cortona Oman (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with description of four new species from Argentina. Zootaxa, 4242(2), 359–371.
  • Kamitani, S. (1999a) The phylogeny of the genera in the tribes Deltocephalini, Paralimnini, and their allies (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Esakia, 39, 65–108.
  • Knight, W.J. & Webb, M.D. (1993a) The phylogenetic relationships between virus vector and other genera of macrosteline leafhoppers, including descriptions of new taxa (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematic Entomology, 18(1), 11–55.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]

Type

type species by original designation of Cortona Oman, 1938

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

unknown

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
Species5005