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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, forewing. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, 2nd valvulae (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Opsius Fieber, 1866: Opsius stactogalus, 1st valvula dorsal sculpturing (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Opsius Fieber, 1866a: 505.

    type species by original monotypy Opsius stactogalus Fieber, 1866

  • Cestius Distant, 1908g: 309.

    type species by original designation Cestius versicolor Distant, 1908

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  • Opsius Fieber, 1866 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 495.
  • Cestius Distant, 1908 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2006b) Larvae of leafhoppers of the subfamily Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) of European Russia and adjacent territories. IV. Tribe Athysanini. [Личинки цикадовых подсем. Deltocephalinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) Европейской части России и сопредельных территорий. IV. Триба Athysanini]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 85(1), 75–121. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 86(1), 11–48]
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Mitjaev, I.D. (1971a) Leafhoppers of Kazakhstan (Homoptera - Cicadinea). The diterminant. [Цикадовые Казахстана (Homoptera - Cicadinea). Определитель]. Alma-Ata: Nauka, 210 pp. [in Russian]

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ὄψ (face, eye) + -ius (noun suffix)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species2006282