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Species

Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806)

Gemeine Kappenzikade
Head on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).
Head on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).
Nymph on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806): Anal tube process. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (27)

  • Cicada scanica Fallén, 1806b: 113.
  • Ulopa scanica (Fallén, 1806) in Fallén, 1814a: 19.
  • Paropia scanica var. innotata Rey, 1894 (subjective synonym of Cicada scanica Fallén, 1806) in Nast, 1972a: 188.
  • Melanophthalmus [sic] scanica (Fallén, 1806) in Ødegaard, Brandrud, Hansen, Hanssen, Öberg & Sverdrup-Thygeson, 2011: 82.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Fallén, C.F. (1806b) Fòrsòk till Svenska Cicad-Arternas uppstàllning och beskrifning. [Concluded]. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 27, 113–130.
  • Fallén, C.F. (1814a) Specimen novam Hemiptera disponendi methodum exhibens. Litteris Berlingianus, Lund, 26 pp.
  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
  • Curtis, J. (1831a) Homoptera. In A guide to an arrangement of British insects: being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland. F. Westley and A. H. Davis, M. Sherwood and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, London. Issues 6-7, pp. 189–194. [1929; 256 columns]
  • Curtis, J. (1833) Characters of some undescribed genera and species, indicated in the "Guide to an Arrangement of British Insects". The Entomological Magazine, 1(2), 186–199. [in English] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/342872#page/200/mode/1up
  • Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835a) Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 99–183. [1832-1855]
  • Amyot, C.J.-B. (1847a) Rhynchotes. Ordre deuxième Homoptères. Homoptera. Latr. Entomologie française. Rhynchotes. Méthode mononymique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 5(1), 143–238.
  • Hardy, J. (1850a) Descriptions of some new British homopterous insects. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 1, 416–431.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1852) [Homoptères recueillis dans le bois du Vésinet.]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. (Ser. 2), 10, lv.
  • de Graaf, H.W., Six, G.A. & Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. (1862a) Tweede naamlijst van inlandsche Hemiptera. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 5, 72–95.
  • Marshall, T.A. (1865g) An essay towards a knowledge of British Homoptera (continued). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 2, 82–85.
  • Norman, G. (1879a) Morayshire Hemiptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 15, 255–256.
  • Fokker, A.J.F. (1891a) Catalogus der in Nederland voorkomende Hemiptera Tweede Gedeelte. Hemiptera Homoptera. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 34, 361–378.
  • Rey, C. (1894b) Remarques en passant. L'Echange. Revue Linnéenne, 10(111), 29–31.
  • Paganetti-Hummler, G. (1907a) Beitrag zur Hemipterenfauna zu Corfu. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, 3, 92–95.
  • Blöte, H.C. (1927b) Aflevering II. Homoptera (Q XXI) A. Jassidae, Membracidae. In H. Boschma, L.F. de Beaufort, P.N. Van Kampen, E.D. Van Oort, H.C. Redeke, & W. Roepke (Eds.). Fauna van Nederland. A. W. Sijthoff Vitgeversmij, Leiden. Vol. 2, xi + 143 pp.
  • Blöte, H.C. (1927d) Nieuwe Naamlijst van Nederlandsche Jassidae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 70, 210–231.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962e) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 5. Ulopidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, 101 pp.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (2006a) Opinion 2165 (Case 3327) Amyot, Méthode mononymique (1845-1847): correction to Opinion 686. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 63(4), 284–285.
  • Ødegaard, F., Brandrud, T.E., Hansen, L.O., Hanssen, O., Öberg, S. & Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. (2011, August) Sandområder- et hotspot-habitat. Sluttrapport under ARKO-prosjektets periode II. In NINA Rapport. Vol. 712, 82 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

from Scania, historical name of Scandinavia

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