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subgenus

Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932: Osbornellus auronitens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932: Osbornellus auronitens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932: Osbornellus auronitens, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932: Osbornellus auronitens, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing: !! display not done !! on Osbornellus (Osbornellus) Ball, 1932: Osbornellus auronitens, forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • 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, 1980 (classified as Scaphytopiini Oman, 1943) in Webb & Godoy, 1993a: 426.
  • Scaphytopius (Protranus) DeLong, 1980 (subjective synonym of Osbornellus Ball, 1932) in Dietrich, 2024

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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.
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  • Dietrich, C.H. (2024) Personal communication.
  • 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.
  • Oman, P.W. (1943c) A generic revision of the Nearctic Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the George Washington University, 1943, 15–17.
  • Webb, M.D. & Godoy, C. (1993a) Review of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with a key to genera. Journal of Natural History, 27, 423–427.

Type

type species by original designation of

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)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
subgenus1023
species902433