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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Circulifer tenellus ambiguosus Young & Frazier, 1954a: 34. (valid in Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2025: 22)

    Holotype; male; USNMENT01513841; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Spain, Valencia: Guardamar, Alicante, collected on August 13, 1951, N.W. Frazier

  • Circulifer tenellus ambiguosus Young & Frazier, 1954 (subjective synonym of Thamnotettix tenella Baker, 1896) in Nast, 1972a: 331.
  • Neoaliturus ambiguosus (Young & Frazier, 1954) in Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2025: 22.
  • Neoaliturus tenellus ambiguosus (Young & Frazier, 1954) in Sinaiko & Dietrich, 2025: 14.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Young, D.A., Jr. & Frazier, N.W. (1954a) A study of the leafhopper genus Circulifer Zakhvatkin (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Hilgardia. A Journal of Agricultural Science published by the California Agricultural Experiment Station., 23, 25–52.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • Sinaiko, G. & Dietrich, C.H. (2025) Untangling the Beet Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) species complex: a case study in integrative taxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(3), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf017
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: ambiguous

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023