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Species

Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851)

Say’s leafhopper
Head on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Latalus sayi, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Latalus sayi, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Latalus sayi, face. (Observation).
Nymph on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Stylus on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Stylus. (Observation).
Forewing on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): forewing. (Observation).
Forewing on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Latalus sayi, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): Latalus sayi, hindwing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Latalus sayii (Fitch, 1851): female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (18)

  • Amblycephalus sayii Fitch, 1851a: 61.

    Syntypes; female, male; No. 800, 801; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: abundant on grass in pastures and meadows

  • Amblycephalus sayii var. a Fitch, 1851a: 61. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Latulus [sic] sayi (Fitch, 1851) in Lowry, 1933a: 71.
  • Latalus sayi [sic] (Fitch, 1851) in Beamer & Tuthill, 1934a: 5.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Beamer, R.H. & Tuthill, L.D. (1934a) Some new species and a new genus of deltocephaloid leafhoppers. (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 7(1), 1–24.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
  • Glover, T. (1878a) Manuscript notes from my journal and illustrations of insects native and foreign. Order Hemiptera; suborder Homoptera. pl. 1–2.
  • Lowry, P.R. (1933a) Cicadellidae leafhoppers of New Hampshire. The Ohio Journal of Science, 33, 59–80.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1893b) Corrections and notes to the preceding catalogue. In Reprint of Fitch's Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History, 46, 410.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
  • Walker, F. (1852a) Supplement. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London, Edward Newman. Vol. 4, pp. 1119–1188.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Thomas Say (1787–1834), an American entomologist, conchologist, and herpetologist

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