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Habitus, dorsal view on Proranus Spinola, 1850: Proranus adspersipennis. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Proranus Spinola, 1850: Proranus adspersipennis. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Proranus Spinola, 1850: Proranus ghilianii. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Proranus Spinola, 1850a: 57. (valid in Metcalf, 1962d: 94)

    type species by subsequent designation Proranus ghilianii Spinola, 1850 in Spinola, 1850b: 122

  • Proranus Spinola, 1850 (subjective synonym of Epiclines Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in Dallas, 1867a: 569.
  • Proranus Spinola, 1850 (classified as Xerophloeinae Oman, 1943) in Jones & Deitz, 2009a: 60.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Spinola, M. (1850a) Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degle insetti artroidignati, Flemiptera, Linn. Latr. -Rhyngota, Fab.-Rhynchota, Burm. Memorie della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena, 25(1), 1–60. [reprinted in 1852 with different page numbers]
  • Spinola, M. (1850b) Di alcuni generi d'insetti artroidignati nuovamente proposti dal socio attuale Signor Marchese Massimiliano Spinola nella sua tavola sinottica di questo ordine che precede la presente memoria. Memorie della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena, 25(1), 61–138. [reprinted in 1852 with different page numbers]
  • Dallas, W.S. (1867a) Insecta. The Zoological Record, 3, 268–576.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962d) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 4. Ledridae. Washington, D.C., USDA, 147 pp.
  • Jones, J.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2009a) Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2186, 1–120.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Proranus Spinola, 1850

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πρῷρα (front part of ship; bow, prow) + -anus (related to)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species5038