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subgenus

Batracomorphus (Batracomorphus) Lewis, 1834

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (24)

  • Batracomorphus Lewis, 1834a: 51.

    type species by original monotypy Batracomorphus irroratus Lewis, 1834

  • Batrachomorphus [sic] Lewis, 1834 in Lewis, 1837a: 127.
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  • Batracormorphus [sic] Lewis, 1834 in Hamzah & Jung, 2025: 175.
  • Batracormorphus [sic] Lewis, 1834 (misspelling of Batracomorphus Lewis, 1834) in Hamzah & Jung, 2025: 175.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Distant, W.L. (1914m) Homoptera (Membracidae and Jassidae) collected in the Lagos District by W. A. Lamborn. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1913, 515–520.
  • Evans, J.W. (1936) The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera, Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1935, 61–83.
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  • Evans, J.W. (1972b) Some leafhoppers from New Guinea, Australia and Thailand belonging to the subfamily Jassinae and a new genus from New Guinea referred to a new subfamily, the Acostemminae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Pacific Insects, 14(4), 647–662.
  • Evans, J.W. (1982a) Biogeography of New Guinea leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea). Monographiae. Monographiae Biologicae, 42, 639–644.
  • Hamzah, M. & Jung, S.-H. (2025) Three new records of the genus Batracomorphus Lewis (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 18(1), 175–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.07.004
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Knight, W.J. (1983b) The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae, Iassinae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 47(2), 27–210.
  • Lewis, R.H. (1834a) Descriptions of some new genera of British Homoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 47–52.
  • Lewis, R.H. (1837a) Neue Cicaden-Sippen aus England. Faunus. Zeitschrift für Zoologie und vergleichende Anatomie, 1(2), 125–127.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. & Quartau, J.A. (1975a) Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera): Iassinae and Acroponinae. In Études du Continent Africain. Fascicule 3. Fondation pour Favoriser les Recherches Scientifiques en Afrique. Bruxelles. pp. 1–170.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1960a) Cicadellidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) of Fiji. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 15, 1–71.
  • Mitjaev, I.D. (2002a) Faune, ecology and zoogeography of leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadinea) of Kazakhstan. [Фауна, экология и зоогеография цикадовых (Homoptera, Cicadinea) Казахстана]. Tethys Entomological Research, 5, 1–168. [in Russian]

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: βάτραχος (frog) + μορφή (form, shape)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
subgenus101213
species3670236603
subspecies1201325