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Habitus, dorsal view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, segment X, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978: Abimwa knighti, sternite VII (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978a: 46.

    type species by original designation Abimwa ramulosa Linnavuori, 1978

  • Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978 (classified as Ianeirini Linnavuori, 1978) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 187.
  • Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978 (classified as Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 32.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1978a) Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamilies Nioniinae, Signoretiinae and Drabescinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Annales Entomologici Fennici, 44(2), 33–48.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Abimwa Linnavuori, 1978

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Abimwa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species90211