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Species

Oncopsis (Oncopsis) abietis (Fitch, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) dithyris Beirne, 1951 [c]: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) dithyris Beirne, 1951 [c]: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) dithyris Beirne, 1951 [c]: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) abietis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Nymph on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) fitchi Van Duzee, 1916 now Oncopsis (Oncopsis) abietis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) dithyris Beirne, 1951 [c]: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (22)

  • Athysanus abietis Fitch, 1851a: 60. (valid in Hamilton, 1983d: 170)

    Holotype; female; No. 793; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: taken on the black spruce

  • Athysanus fenestratus Fitch, 1851a: 60.

    Holotype; female; No. 794; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: on birch trees

  • Oncopsis dithyris Beirne, 1951 (subjective synonym of Athysanus abietis Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1983d: 170.
  • Oncopsis fitchi Van Duzee, 1916 (subjective synonym of Athysanus abietis Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1983d: 170.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. (1834a) Jassus punctifrons, Jassus rostratus, Jassus histrionicus, Jassus strigipes, Jassus 4-notatus, Jassus 6-notatus, Jassus striola, Jassus fenestratus, Jassus punctatus. In Deutschlands Insecten. Vol. 122, pp. 1–6.
  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
  • Walker, F. (1852a) Supplement. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London, Edward Newman. Vol. 4, pp. 1119–1188.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1889b) Hemiptera from Muskoka Lake District. The Canadian Entomologist, 21, 1–11.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1890c) Synonymy of the Homoptera described by Say, Harris and Fitch. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 5, 387–391.
  • Slosson, A.T. (1896a) Additional list of insects taken in Alpine Region of Mt. Washington. Entomological News, 7, 262–265.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1912c) A few days' work and play in Canada. The Ottawa Naturalist, 26, 68–70.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Brimley, C.S. (1938a) Order Homoptera. In The Insects of North Carolina. Being a List of the Insects of North Carolina and Their Close Relatives. Division of Entomology, North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh. pp. 85–103. [560 pp.]
  • DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]
  • Beirne, B.P. (1951a) The Nearctic species of Oncopsis (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 83, 185–194.
  • Beirne, B.P. (1956a) Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of Canada and Alaska. The Canadian Entomologist, 88, 1–180.
  • 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
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1983d) Revision of the Macropsini and Neopsini of the New-World (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae), with notes on intersex morphology. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 123, 1–223.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: spruce-tree (on Abies alba Mill. (Pinaceae))

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