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Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Head on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius osborni (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Platymetopius osborni Van Duzee, 1910a: 229.

    Holotype; male; 94b4ebb2-9af6-4660-bce4-32989e62419e; deposited at: Ohio State University (OSU); Los Amates, Guatamala, Jan. 17, 1905, J.S. Hine

  • Convelinus osborni (Van Duzee, 1910) in Ball, 1932d: 255.
  • Cloanthanus osborni (Van Duzee, 1910) in DeLong, 1943d: 193.
  • Scaphytopius (Cloanthanus) osborni (Van Duzee, 1910) in Hepner, 1947a: 483.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1910a) A revision of the American species of Platymetopius. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 3, 214–231.
  • Ball, E.D. (1932d) The food plants of the leafhoppers formerly included in the genus Platymetopius Burm. The Canadian Entomologist, 64, 251–255.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1943d) The Mexican leafhoppers of the genera Cloanthanus and Scaphytopius (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Lloydia., 6, 157–195.
  • Hepner, L.W. (1947a) A revision of the tribe Scaphytopini (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in America north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 31, 413–541.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034