Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball, 1897): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball, 1897): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).
Nymph: !! display not done !! on Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball, 1897): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Deltocephalus minimus Osborn & Ball, 1897a: 211. (valid in Metcalf, 1967b: 1841)

    Syntypes; male, female; 37d17ce8-40fa-4e27-b93d-43b4d42476d6; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A., Iowa: Ames

  • Deltocephalus minimus Osborn & Ball, 1897 (subjective synonym of Amblycephalus melsheimerii Fitch, 1851) in Baker, 1897e: 118.
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  • Deltocephalus (Laevicephalus) minimus Osborn & Ball, 1897 in DeLong, 1926d: 66.
  • Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball, 1897) in DeLong & Caldwell, 1937c: 31.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: smallest

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Baker, C.F. (1897e) Notes on the genus Deltocephalus. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 8, 114–119.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.
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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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section II. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1078–2074 pp.
  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1897a) Contributions to the Hemipterous fauna of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 4(No. 1, Art. 31), 172–234 + pls. 19–26. [1896]

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