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Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Aedeagus, distal view. (Observation).
Stylus: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Stylus. (Observation).
Stylus: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Stylus. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Pygofer, dorsal view. (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Sternite VII (female). (Observation).
Ovipositor: !! display not done !! on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927): Ovipositor. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Phlepsius operculatus Ball, 1927d: 265.

    Holotype; female; 6f688289-4b9a-4b8d-99b5-9d30a98ac5f5; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Florida, Sanford, 6 Sept. 1926

  • Phlepsius (Phlepsius) operculatus Ball, 1927 in DeLong, 1938f: 234.
  • Paraphlepsius operculatus (Ball, 1927) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 54.
  • Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) operculatus (Ball, 1927) in Hamilton, 1975a: 52.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: having opercula

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1927d) Notes on the phlepsids of the subgenus Phlepsius (Rhynchota Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 59, 262–265.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • DeLong, D.M. (1938f) The genus Phlepsius. A study of the North American species with special reference to the characters of the male genitalia. Lloydia, 1, 232–252.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975a) Revision of the genera Paraphlepsius Baker and Pendarus Ball (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 96, 1–129.

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
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