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Species

Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916)

Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius torridus (Ball, 1916) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): Ohio State U. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Scaphytopius speciosus (Van Duzee, 1923) now Scaphytopius nigricollis (Ball, 1916): (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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dietrich, C.H. (2024) Personal communication.
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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101415