Species

Vilargus pumilicans (Naudé, 1926)

Descendants and synonyms

Deltocephalus pumilicans Naudé, 1926a: 49.
Holotype; male; a16cd718-cd0f-4a97-ac98-588b80c16217; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa: Viljoen's Pass, near Elgin, Cape Province, Coll. F.W. Pettey, 12 Jan. 1923
Deltocephalus pumilicans Naudé, 1929c: 12.
Holotype; male; a16cd718-cd0f-4a97-ac98-588b80c16217; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa: Viljoen's Pass, near Elgin, Cape Province, Coll. F.W. Pettey, 12 Jan. 1923

Deltocephalus pumilicans Naudé, 1929 (synonymic homonym of Deltocephalus pumilicans Naudé, 1926) in Metcalf, 1967b: 1184.
Vilargus pumilicans (Naudé, 1926) in Theron, 1975a: 198.

Naudé, T.J. (1926a) Cicadellidae of South Africa. A taxonomic and faunistic study. Entomology Memoirs. Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, 1(4), 1–106 + 10 pls.
Naudé, T.J. (1929c) A taxonomic and faunistic study of South African leafhoppers of the family Cicadellidae. Abstract. Ohio State University, 22 pp. PhD thesis.

Metcalf, Z.P. (1967b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section II. Washington, D.C.: USDA, 1078–2074 pp.
Theron, J.G. (1975a) The Naudé species of South African Cicadellidae (Hemiptera). IV. Species assigned to the genera Aconura Lethierry and Deltocephalus Burmeister. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 38(2), 189–206.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: becoming dwarf

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
Species	1	0	2	3