Subgenus

Macropsis (Macropsis) Lewis, 1834

Descendants and synonyms

Macropsis Lewis, 1834a: 49. (Official List of Generic Names in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961b: 249)
type species by ruling by the Commission Iassus prasinus Boheman, 1852 in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961b: 249
Macopsis [sic] Lewis, 1834 in Spinola, 1850a: 59.

Tsavopsis Linnavuori, 1978 (subjective synonym of Macropsis Lewis, 1834) in Hamilton, 1980b: 904.
Macropsis (Macropsis) Lewis, 1834 in Hamilton, 1980b: 908.

Lewis, R.H. (1834a) Descriptions of some new genera of British Homoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 47–52.
Spinola, M. (1850a) Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degle insetti artroidignati, Flemiptera, Linn. Latr. -Rhyngota, Fab.-Rhynchota, Burm. Memorie della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena, 25(1), 1–60. [reprinted in 1852 with different page numbers]

Linnavuori, R.E. (1978b) Studies on the family Cicadellidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). 1. A revision of the Macropsinae of the Ethiopian region. 2. A new Cicadellid subfamily from the Neotropical Region, Neopsinae, subfam. n. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 33, 1–19.
Hamilton, K.G.A. (1980b) Contributions to the study of the World Macropsini (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 112, 875–932. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent112875-9

type species by ruling by the Commission of Macropsis (Macropsis) Lewis, 1834

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: μακρός (large) + όψις (face)

No descendants observations found