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Species

Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895)

Habitus, dorsal view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Habitus (male). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Head. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Pygofer, lateral view (A. gilvus). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view (A. gilvus). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Sternite VII (female). (Observation).
Other on Auridius auratus (Gillette & Baker, 1895): Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Deltocephalus auratus Gillette & Baker, 1895a: 85. (valid in Metcalf, 1967b: 1391)

    Lectotype; male; b9c17b5f-9793-488f-b9be-9e8f097f0ef1; deposited at: Colorado State University (CSU); U.S.A.: Colorado, 1887, Ft. Collins, 11 June 1895, C.P. Gillette

  • Deltocephalus auratus Gillette & Baker, 1895 (subjective synonym of Amblycephalus melsheimerii Fitch, 1851) in Osborn & Ball, 1897a: 211.
  • Auridius gilvus Hamilton & Ross, 1972a: 137.

    Holotype; male; Webster No. 7030; deposited at: Ohio State University (OSU); USA: Dickinson, North Dakota, H. Osborn

  • Auridius gilvus Hamilton & Ross, 1972 (subjective synonym of Deltocephalus auratus Gillette & Baker, 1895) in Hamilton, 1999b: 38.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Gillette, C.P. & Baker, C.F. (1895a) A preliminary list of the Hemiptera of Colorado. Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 31, 1–137.
  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1897a) Contributions to the Hemipterous fauna of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 4(No. 1, Art. 31), 172–234 + pls. 19–26. [1896]
  • DeLong, D.M. (1926d) A monographic study of the North American species of the genus Deltocephalus. University Studies. The Ohio State University. Contributions in zoology and entomology. 2 (13): i-x, 1-129.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Sleesman, J.P. (1929a) New genera and subgenera form the genus Deltocephalus. A study of the internal male genitalia of the American species and their bearing upon taxonomy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 22, 81–114.
  • Oman, P.W. (1931b) New Jassinae, with notes on other species. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 21(17), 430–436.
  • Oman, P.W. (1947b) Miscellaneous notes on Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 55, 59–63.
  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section II. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1078–2074 pp.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. & Ross, H.H. (1972a) New synonymy and descriptions of Nearctic species of the genera Auridius and Hebecephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 7(2), 133–139.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1999b) The Nearctic leafhopper genus Auridius: biology, polymorphism and new species (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 131, 29–52.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: gilded, golden

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1067