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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982)

Pygofer, lateral view on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: subgenital plate, ventral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: style, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, posterior view on Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982): Male: aedeagus, posterior view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Curtara (Curtara) breva DeLong & Wolda, 1982b: 301.

    Holotype; male, adult; OSUC 169908; deposited at: Ohio State University (OSU); Panama: Barro Colorado, 20-IV-1927, at light, leg. H. Wolda.

  • Prairiana breva (DeLong & Wolda, 1982) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: S3.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Wolda, H. (1982b) New species of Curtara, Polana and Acuera (Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Gyponinae) from Panama, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. Entomologica Scandinavica, 13, 301–311.
  • 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:

from Latin (brevis): small, short; referring to the very short parameres

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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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