Skip to main content
World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Selenocephalus Germar, 1833

Habitus, dorsal view on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, face (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Selenocephalus Germar, 1833: Selenocephalus planus, connective, styles, and aedeagus, ventrallly. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (18)

  • Selenocephalus Germar, 1833a: 180.

    type species by original monotypy Jassus [sic] obsoletus Germar, 1817

  • Solenocephalus [sic] Germar, 1833 in Desmarest, 1859a: 196.
  • Levantotettix Lindberg, 1953a: 113.

    type species by original designation Levantotettix striatus Lindberg, 1953

  • Levantotettix Lindberg, 1953 (subjective synonym of Selenocephalus Germar, 1833) in Linnavuori, 1962a: 50.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Acha, M.A. (1903a) Excursion del dia 27 de Octubre de 1903. Boletin de la Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias Naturales. Zaragoza, Spain, 2, 269–273.
  • Desmarest, E.A.S.L. (1859a) Annelés-Hémiptères. [Quatrième Famille-Fulgoriens. Cinquième Famille-Cicadiens]. In Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 6, pp. 195–203.
  • Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.
  • Ivanov, S.P. (1928b) Verzeichnis der Homoptera-Auchenorrhyncha des Gouvernements Kiew. Travaux du Musée Zoologique, Kiev, 1928(5), 489–504.
  • Lindberg, H. (1953a) Bemerkungen uber Arten der Jassiden Gattung Selenocephalus Germ sowie BeschreibungeinerNeuen nahestenden Gattung Levantotettix. Levantotettix. Notulae Entomologicae, 33, 109–114.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1962a) Hemiptera of Israel. III. Annales Zoologici Societatis Zoologicae-Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo', 24(3), 1–108.
  • Marshall, T.A. (1866b) An essay towards a knowledge of British Homoptera (continued). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 2, 197–199.
  • Matsumura, S. (1898b) Japanese entomology. Shokabo, Meiji 33. Tokyo, 220 pp. + 1 pl. [in Japanese]
  • Maxwell-Lefroy, H. (1923a) Suborder II. Homoptera. In Manual of entomology: with special reference to economic entomology. E. Arnold. London. pp. 256–264. [xvi + 541 pp.]
  • Onuki, S. (1901a) Study of the Homoptera injurious to the rice fields. Special Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Nishigahara. Tokio, 10, 1–74 + pls. 1–14. [in Japanese]

Type

type species by original monotypy of Selenocephalus Germar, 1833

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: σελήνη (moon) + κεφαλή (head)

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
Genus10910
Species3702865
Subspecies202022