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Habitus, dorsal view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Dorsal. Male. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Lateral. Male. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Head/Face. Male. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Cosmotettix delector, face. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Head, prothorax (P. acutus). (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Head, prothorax. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Aedeagus, ventral view (P. acutus). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Forewing on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Cosmotettix delector, forewing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Other on Cosmotettix (Cosmotettix) delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919): Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Deltocephalus delector Sanders & DeLong, 1919a: 233.
  • Deltocephalus (Flexamia) delector Sanders & DeLong, 1919 in DeLong, 1926d: 42.
  • Cosmotettix acutus (Beamer, 1938) in Metcalf, 1967b: 2038.
  • Palus delector (Sanders & DeLong, 1919) in Hamilton & Ross, 1975a: 610.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Sanders, J.G. & DeLong, D.M. (1919a) Eight new "jassids" from the Eastern United States. Family Cicadellidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 12, 231–238 + pl. 13.
  • 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.
  • Lowry, P.R. (1933a) Cicadellidae leafhoppers of New Hampshire. The Ohio Journal of Science, 33, 59–80.
  • Beamer, R.H. (1938d) Miscellaneous leafhoppers with descriotions of five new species (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 70, 224–230.
  • Beirne, B.P. (1956a) Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of Canada and Alaska. The Canadian Entomologist, 88, 1–180.
  • 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. (1975a) New species of grass-feeding deltocephaline leafhoppers with keys to the Nearctic species of Palus and Rosenus (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 601–611.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: to delight, please

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078