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Head on Agudus Oman, 1938: head, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Agudus Oman, 1938: head, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Agudus Oman, 1938: abdomen. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Agudus Oman, 1938: pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Agudus Oman, 1938: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Agudus Oman, 1938: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Agudus Oman, 1938b: 371.

    type species by original designation Agudus typicus Oman, 1938

  • Agudus Oman, 1938 (classified as Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 187.
  • Agudus Oman, 1938 (classified as Paralimnini Distant, 1908) in Kamitani, 1999a: 80.
  • Agudus Oman, 1938 (classified as Paralimnusaria Distant, 1908) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 137.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Kamitani, S. (1999a) The phylogeny of the genera in the tribes Deltocephalini, Paralimnini, and their allies (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Esakia, 39, 65–108.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • 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

Type

type species by original designation of Agudus Oman, 1938

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Portuguese: agudo from Latin: acutus (acute, sharp) (referring to the extended crown)

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
Genus1001
Species160319