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Genus

Penthimia Germar, 1821

Habitus, dorsal view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, nymph, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, face (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, hindwing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, 2nd valvulae (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, 1st valvula dorsal sculpturing (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia Germar, 1821: Penthimia americana, 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (14)

  • Penthimia Germar, 1821a: 46.

    type species by original monotypy Cercopis atra Fabricius, 1794

  • Cercopis (Penthimia) Germar, 1821 in Comte, 1840a: pl.68.
  • Penthimiia [sic] Germar, 1821 in Evans, 1955a: 34.
  • Penthimiia [sic] Germar, 1821 (misspelling of Penthimia Germar, 1821) in Evans, 1955a: 34.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
  • Comte, J.A. (1840a) Règne animal disposé en tableaux méthodiques. Fortin Masson et C'ie. Paris, 91 pp.
  • Gimmerthal, B.A. (1846a) Zur Fauna der Ostseeprovinzen. Die Cicaden oder Zirpen. Correspondenzblatt des Naturforschenden Vereins zu Riga, 1(12), 26–27.
  • Ferrari, P.M. (1892a) Res Ligusticae XIX. Elenco dei Rincoti Ligustici (Emitteri e Cicadarii) fin'ora osservati. Annali del Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. (Ser. 2), 12, 549–576.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906d) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Hemiptera. The Entomologist, 39, 253–257.
  • Haupt, H. (1912a) Neurs und Kritisches über Arten und Varietäten einheimischer Homoptera. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 56, 177–196. [1911]
  • Ball, E.D. (1920a) A review of the species of the genus Gypona occurring in North America, north of Mexico (Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 13, 83–100.
  • Evans, J.W. (1955a) Cicadellidae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), 37, 1–44.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Penthimia Germar, 1821

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: πένθιμος (gloomy, mournful, lugubrious) + -ία (noun suffix)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species85097182