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Subgenus

Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942

Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942: Cosmotettix delector, face. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942: Cosmotettix delector, face. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942: Cosmotettix delector, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942: Cosmotettix delector, forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Flexamia (Palus) DeLong & Sleesman, 1929a: 85.

    type species by original designation Deltocephalus delector Sanders & DeLong, 1919

  • Flexamia (Palus) DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 (homonym of † Palus Palmer, 1928)
  • Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942 in Metcalf, 1967b: 2042.
  • Flexamia (Palus) DeLong & Sleesman, 1929 (classified as Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Hamilton, 1975b: 489.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.
  • 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.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1869a) Synopse der europäischen Deltocephali. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 9, 201–222, pls. 5–6.
  • 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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section II. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1078–2074 pp.
  • Palmer, R.H. (1928) The rudistids of southern Mexico. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 14, 1–137.
  • Ribaut, H. (1942a) Demembrement des generes Athysanus Burm. et Thamnottetix Zett. [Homoptera-Jassidae]. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 77, 259–270. [separate paged 1-12]
  • Ribaut, H. (1952a) Faune de France. 57. Homoptères Auchénorhynques. II. (Jassidae). Lechevalier, Paris, 474 pp.

Type

type species by original designation of Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) Ribaut, 1942

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: κόσμος (ornament, decoration) + τέττιξ (cicada)

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
Subgenus1045
Species1005161