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genus

Macrosteles Fieber, 1866

Habitus, dorsal view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Head: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head: Macrosteles sexnotatus, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, connective, stylus, aedeagus, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, subgenital plate and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing: Macrosteles sexnotatus, forewing. (Observation).
Connective: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view: Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (36)

  • Acrostigmus Amyot, 1847a: 226. (Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 2006a: 284)
  • Acrostigmus Amyot, 1847 (unavailable or invalid, linked to Jassus [sic] (Acrostigmus) Thomson, 1869)
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  • Macrostelis [sic] Fieber, 1866 (misspelling of Macrosteles Fieber, 1866) in Humala & Anufriev, 2019: 128.
  • Erotettix Haupt, 1929 (subjective synonym of Macrosteles Fieber, 1866) in Kwon & Kwon, 2022: 45.

Type

Cicada sexnotata Fallén, 1806 type species by subsequent designation of Macrosteles Fieber, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: μακρός (large) + στήλη (stem) (referring to the long fused section of R and M veins)

Nomenclature references (24)

  • Amyot, C.J.-B. (1847a) Rhynchotes. Ordre deuxième Homoptères. Homoptera. Latr. Entomologie française. Rhynchotes. Méthode mononymique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 5, 143–238.
  • Ashmead, W.H. (1904a) The Homoptera of Alaska. Harriman Alaskan Expedition., 8, 129–137.
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  • Dlabola, J. (1954a) Fauna ČSR. Svazek 1. Křísi - Homoptera. Praha: Nakl. Československé Akad. Věd, 340 pp. + LIX pls.
  • 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.
  • Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1866a) Neue Gattungen und Arten in Homoptern (Cicadina Bur.). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 497–516 + pl. VII.
  • Frost, S.W. (1952a) Light traps for insect collection, survey and control. Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station., 550, 1–32.
  • Haupt, H. (1929c) Neueinteilung der Homoptera-Cicadina nach phylogenetisch zu wertended Merkmalen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 58, 173–286.
  • Humala, A.E. & Anufriev, G.A. (2019) On the fauna of suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) in Karelia and the Murmansk Region [К фауне подотряда Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) Карелии и Мурманской области]. Trudy Karelskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 8, 123–131. [in Russian]
  • International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (2006a) Opinion 2165 (Case 3327) Amyot, Méthode mononymique (1845-1847): correction to Opinion 686. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 63(4), 284–285.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Kwon, Y.-J. & Kwon, J.-H. (2022) Classification of the leafhopper genus Macrosteles Fieber and allied genera of the world (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). National Institute of Biological Resources, 372 pp.
  • Melichar, L. (1896a) Cicadinen (Hemiptera - Homoptera) von Mittel-Europa. Berlin: Dames, XXVII+364 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Merino, G. (1936a) Philippine Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 61(3), 307–400, 4 pl.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1944b) A bibliography of the Homoptera (Auchenorhyncha). Volume II. List of journals and topical index. North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, Vol. 2, 186 pp.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section III. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 2075–2695 pp.
  • Mitjaev, I.D. (2014) New species of Cicades (Cicadinea, Cicadellidae) from South-East and East of Kazakhstan [Новые виды цикадовых (Cicadinea, Cicadellidae) из юго-востока и востока Казахстана]. Selevinia, 22, 31–35. [in Russian]
  • Moore, T.E. & Ross, H.H. (1957a) The Illinois species of Macrosteles, with an evolutionary outline of the genus (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50(2), 109–118.
  • Naudé, T.J. (1926a) Cicadellidae of South Africa. A taxonomic and faunistic study. Entomology Memoirs. Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, 1(4), 1–106 + 10 pls.
  • 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.
  • Record, Z. (1960a) Zoological Record. 1960. rec. 97, sect. 13. 328-333.
  • Ribaut, H. (1952a) Faune de France. 57. Homoptères Auchénorhynques. II. (Jassidae). Lechevalier, Paris, 474 pp.
  • Thomson, C.G. (1869a) Genus Jassus. Conspectus specierum Sveciae. In Opuscula entomologica. Håkan Ohlssons, Lund. Vol. 1, pp. 44–77. [Pp. 3–82]
  • Uchida (1943a) Insect pests. Bulletin of Takarazuka Insectarium, 30, 1–10. [in Japanese]

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus19118
species526130396
subspecies21417