subgenus

Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932

Habitus, dorsal view: Osbornellus auronitens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: Osbornellus auronitens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: Osbornellus auronitens, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head: Osbornellus auronitens, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing: Osbornellus auronitens, forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Osbornellus Ball, 1932a: 17.

    type species by original designation Scaphoideus auronitens Provancher, 1889

  • Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932 in Linnavuori, 1959b: 214.
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  • Scaphytopius (Protranus) DeLong, 1980h: 68.

    type species by original designation Scaphytopius (Protranus) abutus DeLong, 1980

  • Scaphytopius (Protranus) DeLong, 1980 (subjective synonym of Osbornellus Ball, 1932)

Type

Scaphoideus auronitens Provancher, 1889 type species by original designation of Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Herbert Osborn (1856–1954), an entomologist who specialized in Cicadellidae, Ohio State University (USA, Ohio, Columbus) + -ellus (diminutive suffix)

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1932a) New genera and species of leafhoppers related to Scaphoideus. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 22(1), 9–19.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1980h) New genera and species of Mexican and South American deltocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae). Revista Peruana de Entomología, 23(1), 63–71.
  • 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.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1959b) Revision of the Neotropical Deltocephalinae and some related subfamilies (Homoptera). Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo', 20(1), 1–370.

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