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Genus

Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907

Habitus, dorsal view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907: Nesophrosyne sp., dorsal habitus. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907: Nesophrosyne sp., dorsal habitus. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907: Nesophrosyne sp., lateral habitus. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 n. sp. 30-81: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (14)

  • Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907h: 160.

    type species by original designation Eutettix perkinsi Kirkaldy, 1904

  • Nesophrosyne (Nesoreias) Kirkaldy, 1910e: 573.

    type species by original designation Nesophrosyne (Nesoreias) insularis Kirkaldy, 1910

  • Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 (classified as Opsiina Emeljanov, 1962) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 132.
  • Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907 (classified as Circuliferina Emeljanov, 1962) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 18.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907h) Biological notes on the Hemiptera of the Hawaiian Isles. No. 1. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 1, 135–161.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1910e) Hemiptera. In Supplement to Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. pp. 531–599.
  • Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]
  • Swezey, O.H. (1925a) The insect fauna of trees and plants as an index of their endemicity and relative antiquity in the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 6, 195–209.
  • Osborn, H. (1934b) Cicadellidae of the Marquesas Islands. Bulletin Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 114, 239–269.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Bennett, G.M. & O'Grady, P.M. (2011a) Review of the native Hawaiian leafhopper genus Nesophrosyne (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of eight new species associated with Broussaisia arguta (Hydrangeaceae). Zootaxa, 2805, 1–25.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: νῆσος (island) + φροσύνη (mind)

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
Genus1067
Species68062130
Subspecies40610