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Live specimen on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898), male. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; July 7, 2021, at light. (Observation).
Live specimen on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898), male. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; July 7, 2021, at light. (Observation).
Live specimen on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898), male. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; July 7, 2021, at light. (Observation).
Live specimen on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898), male. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; July 7, 2021, at light. (Observation).
Live specimen on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898), female. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., Tennessee, USA; July 14, 2021, at light. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Pygofer, dorsal view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Aedeagus, distal view. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Sternite VII (female). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898): Ovipositor. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Phlepsius rileyi Baker, 1898f: 32.

    Lectotype; female; 876c58a6-1675-443a-b5c1-03766d00c5b2; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Texas, C.V. Riley

  • Phlepsius (Phlepsius) rileyi Baker, 1898 in Osborn & Lathrop, 1923a: 328.
  • Paraphlepsius rileyi (Baker, 1898) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 54.
  • Paraphlepsius (Gamarex) rileyi (Baker, 1898) in Hamilton, 1975a: 44.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Baker, C.F. (1898f) Four new species of Phlepsius. The Canadian Entomologist, 30(2), 30–32.
  • Crowder, H.W. (1952a) A revision of some Phlepsius-like genera of the tribe Deltocephalini (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in America north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 35, pt. 1(3), 309–541.
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • Osborn, H. & Lathrop, F.H. (1923a) The genus Phlepsius in North America (Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 16, 310–350.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Charles Valentine Riley (1843-1895), a British-born American entomologist and artist

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034