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Habitus, dorsal view on Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953: Neolimnus egyptiacus, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953: Neolimnus egyptiacus, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953: Neolimnus egyptiacus, lateral habitus (BMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953a: 114.

    type species by original designation Scaphoideus egyptiacus Matsumura, 1908

  • Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Heller & Linnavuori, 1968a: 11.
  • Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 152.
  • Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953 (classified as Phlepsiini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013) in El-Sonbati, Dietrich, Wilson, Al Harbi & Al Dhafer, 2026: 219.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • El-Sonbati, S.A., Dietrich, C.H., Wilson, M.R., Al Harbi, M.M. & Al Dhafer, H.M. (2026) Taxonomic and morphological characterization of genus Neolimnus Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Phlepsiini), with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 5750(2), 217–230. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.3
  • 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.
  • Heller, F.R. & Linnavuori, R.E. (1968a) Cicadelliden aus Äthiopien. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde aus dem Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, 186, 1–42. [in German]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1953a) Hemipteroligical studies. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 19(3), 107–118.
  • 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

Type

type species by original designation of Neolimnus Linnavuori, 1953

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: νέος (new) + Paralimnus

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
Subgenus2013
Species601016