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Head: !! display not done !! on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Head, prothorax. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Head, prothorax. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Palus delector (Beirne, 1956) non Sanders & DeLong, 1919 in Beirne, 1956a: 101.
  • Palus delector (Beirne, 1956) non Sanders & DeLong, 1919 (misapplication, linked to Deltocephalus delector Sanders & DeLong, 1919)
  • Palus beirnei Hamilton & Ross, 1975a: 601.

    Holotype; male; No. 13350; deposited at: Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes (CNC); Canada: 10 mi W. White Court, Alberta, 5 July 1968, Ross, Ross, & Miller

  • Palus delector (Beirne, 1956) non Sanders & DeLong, 1919 (unavailable, linked to Palus beirnei Hamilton & Ross, 1975) in Hamilton & Ross, 1975a: 601.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Beirne, B.P. (1956a) Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of Canada and Alaska. The Canadian Entomologist, 88, 1–180.
  • 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.
  • 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.

References cited (0)

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Bryan Patrick Beirne (1918–1998), a Canadian entomologist (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1012