genus

Scaphoideus Popenoe, 1885

Scaphoideus Popenoe, 1885a: 64.
type species by original monotypy Jassus [sic] immistus Say, 1831
Scaphoideus Popenoe, 1885 (classified as Platymetopiina Haupt, 1929) in Hamilton, 1975b: 496.

Scaphoideus Popenoe, 1885 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 249.

Jassus [sic] immistus Say, 1831 type species by original monotypy of Scaphoideus Popenoe, 1885

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: σκάφος (vessel, ship, skiff) + εἶδος (appearance, similar to)

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.
Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.

Popenoe, E.A. (1885a) Contributions to a knowledge of the Hemiptera-fauna of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 9, 62–64.