genus

Opsius Fieber, 1866

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.

Opsius stactogalus Fieber, 1866 type species by original monotypy of Opsius Fieber, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

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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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]