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Species

Oncopsis (Oncopsis) variabilis (Fitch, 1851)

Habitus, lateral view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) variabilis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) variabilis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Oncopsis (Oncopsis) variabilis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (23)

  • Athysanus variabilis Fitch, 1851a: 60.

    Holotype; female; No. 786; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: abundant on birch trees, in June

  • Athysanus variabilis var. a Fitch, 1851a: 60. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Oncopsis tumidifrons DeLong, 1923 (subjective synonym of Athysanus variabilis Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1980b: 889.
  • Oncopsis (Oncopsis) variabilis (Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1980b: 889.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1889b) Hemiptera from Muskoka Lake District. The Canadian Entomologist, 21, 1–11.
  • Provancher, L. (1890a) Deuxième sous-ordre les Homoptères. In Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada, précédée d'un Traité élémentaire d'Entomologie. Vol. 3, pp. 283–334 + pl. 5.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1890i) Review of the North American species of Bythoscopus. Entomologica Americana, 6(12), 221–229.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1912c) A few days' work and play in Canada. The Ottawa Naturalist, 26, 68–70.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1923a) "Family Cicadellidae." In Britton's Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bulletin. State of Connecticut. State Geological and Natural History Survey, 34, 56–163.
  • 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
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: variable, changeable

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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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