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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976)

Habitus, dorsal view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [USNM]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [USNM]: habitus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male holotype [USNM]: habitus, lateral view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male paratype [MZSP]: habitus, dorsolateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: subgenital plate, ventral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: style, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, posterior view on Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976): Male: aedeagus, posterior view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Curtara (Curtara) curvita DeLong & Freytag, 1976a: 45.

    Holotype; male; 1f7937fe-e83c-4051-9550-761b191d96b3; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Peru, Loreto: San Antônio, 22.VIII.1965, J.C. Hitchcock Jr.

  • Prairiana curvita (DeLong & Freytag, 1976) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: S3.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1976a) Studies of the world Gyponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A synopsis of the genus Curtara. Brenesia, 7, 1–97.
  • Gonçalves, C.C., Mejdalani, G.L.F., Dietrich, C.H. & Takiya, D.M. (2026) Phylogeny‐based generic delimitations of the diverse leafhopper tribe Gyponini, including the establishment of a new tribe of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(3), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70062
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin (curvus): bent, crooked, curved + -ita, -itus; adjective-forming suffix

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012