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genus

Flexamia DeLong, 1926

Flexamia reflexa, face. Depicts Head, an Observation.
Flexamia reflexa, face. Depicts Head, an Observation.
Flexamia reflexa, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. Depicts Head, an Observation.
Flexamia reflexa, forewing. Depicts Forewing, an Observation.
Flexamia reflexa, hindwing. Depicts Hind wing, an Observation.

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Deltocephalus (Flexamia) DeLong, 1926d: 22. (valid)

    type species by original designation Deltocephalus reflexus Osborn & Ball, 1897

  • Flexamius [sic] DeLong, 1926 in DeLong & Sleesman, 1929a: 82.
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  • Deltocephalus (Flexamia) DeLong, 1926 (subjective synonym of Acurhinus Osborn, 1920) in Linnavuori, 1959b: 89.
  • Deltocephalus (Flexamia) DeLong, 1926 (classified as Paralimnini Distant, 1908) in Kamitani, 1999a: 80.

Type

Deltocephalus reflexus Osborn & Ball, 1897 type species by original designation of Flexamia DeLong, 1926

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: flexus (bending) + Greek: ένας, μια (one)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Ball, E.D. (1931d) Some new North American genera and species in the group formerly called Platymetopius (Rhynchota, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 63, 216–222.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Kamitani, S. (1999a) The phylogeny of the genera in the tribes Deltocephalini, Paralimnini, and their allies (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Esakia, 39, 65–108.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1959b) Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo', 20(1), 1–370.
  • Wene, G.P. & Dominick, C.B. (1941a) A checklist of the Cicadellidae at Chatham, Virginia, with thirteen new records for the State. Virginia J. Sci., 2, 122–123.

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Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus413
species1054362