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Species

Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851

Habitus, dorsal view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, nymph, dorsally. (Observation).
Head on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, face (INHS). (Observation).
Nymph on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Forewing on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, hindwing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, 2nd valvulae (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, 1st valvula dorsal sculpturing (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851: Penthimia americana, 1st valvula (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851a: 57.

    Syntypes; male, female; No. 760, 761; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: on sugar maple

  • Penthimia americana var. ß Walker, 1851b: 841. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Penthimia picta Provancher, 1872 (subjective synonym of Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851) in Van Duzee, 1894a: 287.
  • Penthimia vicaria Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Penthimia americana Fitch, 1851) in Van Duzee, 1894a: 287.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
  • Glover, T. (1878a) Manuscript notes from my journal and illustrations of insects native and foreign. Order Hemiptera; suborder Homoptera. pl. 1–2.
  • Provancher, L. (1872b) Description de plusieurs Hémiptères nouveaux. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 4, 350–352.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1894a) A catalogue of the described Jassoidea of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 21, 245–317.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: American

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1078