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Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (17)

  • Platymetopius nigricollis Ball, 1916b: 205.

    Lectotype; female; 10697ac6-113e-4e0b-a7a9-be65b3d3f758; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH); Mojave, California, July 30, 1912, E.D. Ball

  • Platymetopius brevis var. torridus Ball, 1916b: 205.

    Lectotype; female; 3dd921ba-2316-4494-95ae-077c3025f19a; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH); Calexico, California, June 18, 1909, E.D. Ball

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  • Platymetopius brevis var. torridus Ball, 1916 (subjective synonym of Platymetopius nigricollis Ball, 1916) in Dietrich, 2024
  • Platymetopius speciosus Van Duzee, 1923 (subjective synonym of Platymetopius nigricollis Ball, 1916) in Dietrich, 2024

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Ball, E.D. (1916b) Some new species of Athysanus and related genera (Homoptera). Entomological News, 27, 204–208.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Dietrich, C.H. (2024) Personal communication.
  • 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.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420.
  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1923a) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. The Hemiptera (true bugs, etc.). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 12(4), 123–200.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: having black neck or stem

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
species101415