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Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, dorsal view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Amimenus mojiensis, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953: Amimenus mojiensis, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Amimenus mojiensis, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).;Habitus, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Amimenus mojiensis, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).;Pygofer, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Subgenital plate. (Observation).;Subgenital plate, ventral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).;Aedeagus, lateral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).;Aedeagus, ventral view on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 Amimenus mojiensis_B6: Connective. (Observation).;Connective on Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 S68: Connective. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Amimenus Ishihara, 1953b: 12.

    type species by original designation Scaphoideus mojiensis Matsumura, 1914

  • Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 494.
  • Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 151.
  • Amimenus Ishihara, 1953 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953b) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1–72.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Amimenus Ishihara, 1953

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Japanese: 網目, amime (mesh, net) + -enus (related to)

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
Genus1001
Species1012