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Habitus, dorsal view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. 42-4: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. 42-4: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. 42-4: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 n. sp. UG1: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001a: 109.

    type species by original designation Gunghuyana ugandensis Evans, 1947

  • Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 151.
  • Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Stiller, M. (2001a) The Afrotropical leafhopper genus Gunghuyana Distant, 1910 with the description of a new genus (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Athysanini). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 48(1), 93–115.
  • 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 Delospilopterus Stiller, 2001

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: δῆλος (conspicuus) + σπίλος (spot, mark) + πτερόν (wing)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species3025