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Habitus, dorsal view on Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897: Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897: Head. (Observation).
Other on Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897: Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897c: 51.

    Lectotype; male; fd95a051-c0cd-4ee5-9cef-45193bd521d6; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Mexico, Veracruz: Minatitlán, Feb. 1, 1892, H. Osborn

  • Agallia mexicana Baker, 1898b: 200.

    Lectotype; male; #1785; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Mexico, Coll. Carl F. Baker

  • Agallia mexicana Baker, 1898 (subjective synonym of Agallia modesta Osborn & Ball, 1897) in Ball, 1900d: 126.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Osborn, H. & Ball, E.D. (1897c) Studies of North American Jassoidea. A review of the North American species of Agallia. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 7, 45–52.
  • Baker, C.F. (1898b) Some new Bythoscopinae with notes on others. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 8, 197–201.
  • Ball, E.D. (1900d) Notes on the species of Macroposis and Agallia of North America. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 9, 126–132.
  • Nielson, M.W. & Godoy, C. (1995) The Agalliinae of Central America (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Contributions on Entomology, International, 1(2), 103–181.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: restrained, modest

Stats

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