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Species

Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885)

aster leafhopper
Habitus, dorsal view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, male, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): head, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, pygofer, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, subgenital plate and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, connective, stylus, aedeagus, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Stylus on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): Macrosteles quadrilineatus, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): forewing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cicadula quadrilineatus Forbes, 1885a: 68. (valid in Hamilton, 1983b: 473)

    Lectotype; male; Acc. No. 1871; deposited at: Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (INSM); USA: Illinois, Marshall, 22.V.1884

  • Cicadula quadrilineata Forbes, 1885 in Osborn, 1891d: 197.
  • Macrosteles (Macrosteles) quadrilineatus (Forbes, 1885) in Oman, 1949a: 108.
  • Cicadula quadrilineatus Forbes, 1885 (subjective synonym of Thamnotettix fascifrons Stål, 1858) in Beirne, 1952a: 210.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Forbes, S.A. (1885a) Report of the State Entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the State of Illinois. Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois, 14, i-vii, 1–136.
  • Osborn, H. (1891d) Notes on grass insects in Washington, D. C. Insect Life, 4, 197–198.
  • Osborn, H. (1892a) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 1(2), 120–131.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1923a) "Family Cicadellidae." In Britton's Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bulletin. State of Connecticut. State Geological and Natural History Survey, 34, 56–163.
  • Frison, T.H. (1927a) A list of the insect types in the collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Ilinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 16, 137–309.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Beirne, B.P. (1952a) The Nearctic species of Macrosteles (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 84, 208–232.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1983b) Introduced and native leafhoppers common to the Old and New Worlds (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 115(5), 473–511.
  • 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, Incheon, Korea, 372 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: having four lines

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045