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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: Lateral. (Observation).
Other: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: Labels. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: Head/Face. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922: female pygofer, ventrally. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922a: 94.

    Holotype; male; 7ec03016-a902-4ff4-af8d-db9780cad68b; deposited at: Frost Entomological Museum, Penn State University (PSUC); U.S.A., Florida: swept from prairie grasses in the Everglades, Paradise Key, Apr. 10, 1921, by D.M. DeLong

  • Chlorotettix latifrons Sanders & DeLong, 1922a: 95.

    Syntypes; female; 76e9aa25-b584-42dd-b00c-72458ece665f; deposited at: Frost Entomological Museum, Penn State University (PSUC); U.S.A., Virginia: collected by DeLong at Cape Charles, August 3, 1920, swept from very coarse sedges on the sandy margins of a salt marsh. Syntype; female; d676842f-1635-4179-9d6b-e92ca8ef327f; deposited at: Frost Entomological Museum, Penn State University (PSUC); U.S.A., Mississippi: received from Mr. H.L. Dozier taken at Pascagoula

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  • Chlorotettix latifrons Sanders & DeLong, 1922 (subjective synonym of Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922) in DeLong & Caldwell, 1937c: 53.
  • Chlorotettix sordidus Brown, 1933 (subjective synonym of Chlorotettix fallax Sanders & DeLong, 1922) in Cwikla, 1988: 127.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: deceptive, deceitful

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Brown, W.F. (1933a) The genus Chlorotettix in America north of Mexico (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 21, 235–254.
  • Cwikla, P.S. (1988) A systematic study of the leafhopper genus Chlorotettix (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Ohio State University, 467 pp. PhD thesis.
  • 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.
  • Sanders, J.G. & DeLong, D.M. (1922a) New species of Cicadellidae (Homoptera) from the eastern and southern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 24(4), 93–102 + pls. 11–12.

Stats

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
species1023