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Habitus, dorsal view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Dorsal. Female. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Dorsal. Female. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Habitus (submacropterous female). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Lateral. Female. (Observation).
Head on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Head/Face. Female. (Observation).
Head on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): head, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Commellus colon, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Stylus on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Stylus. (Observation).
Forewing on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Commellus colon, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Commellus colon, hindwing. (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Anal tube process. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Sternite VII (female). (Observation).
Other on Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897): Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Athysanus colon Osborn & Ball, 1897a: 223.

    Syntypes; adult; e9609bee-0253-4319-8d0b-b894cb33778f; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Iowa: Ames taken through June and late into July

  • Athysanus (Commellus) colon Osborn & Ball, 1897 in Osborn & Ball, 1902a: 245.
  • Euscelis colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Van Duzee, 1917b: 660.
  • Commellus colon (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Sleesman, 1929a: 123.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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]
  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1902a) A review of the North American species of Athysanus (Jassidae). The Ohio Naturalist, 2, 231–256.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917b) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology. Berkeley, 2, 1–902.
  • Sleesman, J.P. (1929a) A monographic study of the North American species of Euscelis and allied genera. (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Entomologica Americana (New Series), 10, 87–148 + pls. 1–10.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: line, fragment, large intestine, colon

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045