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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Placidus hornei Distant, 1908

Head on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Aedeagus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Forewing on Placidus hornei Distant, 1908: Forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Placidus hornei Distant, 1908g: 342.

    Holotype; male; 8300893a-7144-4f75-9a18-0581830b1e4c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North-West Provinces of India, C. Horne

  • Cyrta hornei (Distant, 1908) in Wei, Webb & Zhang, 2008a: 6.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Wei, C., Webb, M.D. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2008a) The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 1793, 1–27.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Charles Horne (ca. 1824-1871), a fellow of the Zoological Society of London who served in the Bengal civil service for 16 years in the 1800s

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