World Auchenorrhyncha Database

genus

Leptataspis Schmidt, 1910

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

Leptataspis Schmidt, 1910e: 63.
type species by original designation Cosmoscarta siamensis Butler, 1874
Leptaspis [sic] Schmidt, 1910 in Lallemand, 1927b: 110.
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Leptataspis Schmidt, 1910 (classified as Cosmoscartini Schmidt, 1920) in Hamilton, 2016a: 205.
Leptataspis Schmidt, 1910 (classified as Suracartini Metcalf, 1961) in Crispolon, Soulier-Perkins & Guilbert, 2023: 511.

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Type

Cosmoscarta siamensis Butler, 1874 type species by original designation of Leptataspis Schmidt, 1910

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: λεπτός (thin, slender, delicate) + ἀσπίς (round shield)

Nomenclature references (6)

Crispolon, E.S., Jr., Soulier-Perkins, A. & Guilbert, E. (2023) Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zoologica Scripta, 52(5), 494–516. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12597
Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016a) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae. Zootaxa, 4169(2), 201–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
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Metcalf, Z.P. (1961a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VII. Cercopoidea. Part 2. Cercopidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD. VII + 607 p.
Schmidt, E. (1910e) Neue Gattungen und Arten der Subfamilie Cercopinae Stål, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cercopiden (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 76, 53–112.

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Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
genus	2	1	1
species	321	130	191