genus

Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907

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
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Nesophropsyne [sic] Kirkaldy, 1907 (misspelling of Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
Nesophrosyne (Nesoreias) Kirkaldy, 1910 (subjective synonym of Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907) in Bennett & O'Grady, 2011a: 8.

Eutettix perkinsi Kirkaldy, 1904 type species by original designation of Nesophrosyne Kirkaldy, 1907

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: νῆσος (island) + φροσύνη (mind)

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.
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.
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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.
Waterhouse, C.O. (1912a) 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. Printed for the Society. London, vi + 324 pp.