genus
Davisonia Dorst, 1937
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Davisonia Dorst, 1937a: 4.
type species by original designation Cicadula major Dorst, 1931
- Cicadula (Davisonia) Dorst, 1937 in Ossiannilsson, 1938b: 73.
- Macrosteles (Davisonia) Dorst, 1937 in Medler, 1943a: 116.
Type
Cicadula major Dorst, 1931 type species by original designation of Davisonia Dorst, 1937
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of E.V. Davis + -nia (diminutive suffix)
Nomenclature references (3)
- Dorst, H.E. (1937a) A revision of the leafhoppers of the Macrosteles group (Cicadula of authors) in America north of Mexico. Miscellaneous Publication of the United States Department of Agriculture, 271, 1–24.
- Medler, J.T. (1943a) The leafhoppers of Minnesota. Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Technical Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, 155, 1–196 + 9 pls. [1942]
- Ossiannilsson, F. (1938b) Revision von Zetterstedts lappländischen Homopteren. I. Cicadina. Opuscula Entomologica, 3, 65–79.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| species | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |