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Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): Lectotype male, USNM. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): Lectotype male, USNM. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): Lectotype male, USNM. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): genital capsule, laterally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): genital capsule, ventrally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (12)

  • Platymetopius obscurus (Van Duzee, 1908) non Osborn, 1905 in Van Duzee, 1908c: 157.
  • Platymetopius obscurus (Van Duzee, 1908) non Osborn, 1905 (misapplication, linked to Platymetopius obscurus Osborn, 1905)
  • Cloanthanus verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910) in DeLong & Knull, 1946a: 34.
  • Scaphytopius verecundus (Van Duzee, 1910) in Tomlinson, Marucci & Doehlert, 1950a: 658.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Osborn, H. (1905d) Report of progress on study of the Hemiptera of Ohio and description of new species. The Ohio Naturalist, 5, 273–276.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1908c) Lists of Hemiptera taken by W. J. Palmer, about Quinze Lake, P. Que., in 1907. (Conclusion). The Canadian Entomologist, 40, 157–160.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1910a) A revision of the American species of Platymetopius. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 3, 214–231.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Ball, E.D. (1931d) Some new North American genera and species in the group formerly called Platymetopius (Rhynchota, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 63, 216–222.
  • 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. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • Hepner, L.W. (1946a) A new subgenus and several new species of Scaphytopius (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 19(3), 87–109.
  • Wene, G.P. (1946a) Additions to the checklist of the Cicadellidae at Chatham, Virginia, with eleven new records for the state. Entomological News, 57, 131–132.
  • 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.
  • Tomlinson, J., Marucci, P.E. & Doehlert, C.A. (1950a) Leafhopper transmission of blueberry stunt disease. Journal of Economic Entomology, 43(5), 658–662.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: shy, modest, venerable

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078