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genus

Laevicephalus DeLong, 1926

Head: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus DeLong, 1926: Laevicephalus sylvestris, face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus DeLong, 1926: Laevicephalus sylvestris, face. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus DeLong, 1926: Laevicephalus sylvestris, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Deltocephalus (Laevicephalus) DeLong, 1926d: 64.

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

  • Laevicephalus DeLong, 1926 in DeLong & Sleesman, 1929a: 92.
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  • Deltocephalus (Laevicephalus) DeLong, 1926 (classified as Paralimnini Distant, 1908) in Kamitani, 1999a: 80.
  • Deltocephalus (Laevicephalus) DeLong, 1926 (classified as Paralimnusaria Distant, 1908) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 138.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Beirne, B.P. (1954d) New records and new synonymies for North American leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 86, 495–498.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Kamitani, S. (1999a) The phylogeny of the genera in the tribes Deltocephalini, Paralimnini, and their allies (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Esakia, 39, 65–108.
  • Wolcott, G.N. (1947a) The leafhoppers of white clover, Trifolium repens L. in northern New york and in the mountains of Haiti. The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, 31, 222.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: laevis (smooth) + Greek: κεφαλή (head)

Image matrix

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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
genus1034
species4303881