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Head on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Head, prothorax. (Observation).
Head on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Head, prothorax. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cosmotettix beirnei (Hamilton & Ross, 1975): Aedeagus, ventral 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)

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012