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genus

Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1942

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1936a: 70. (nomen nudum: no type fixation after 1930)
  • Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1936 in DeLong & Caldwell, 1937a: 17.
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  • Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1942 (classified as Dikraneurini McAtee, 1926) in Oman, Knight & Nielson, 1990a: 213.
  • Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1942 (classified as Forcipatini Hamilton, 1998) in Hamilton, 1998b: 496.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1936a) A new genus--Forcipata--and nine new species of typhlocybine leafhoppers closely allied to Dikraneura (Cicadellidae: Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 29, 70–77.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937a) The genus Dikraneura - a study of the male genitalia - with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 39(2), 17–34.
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  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1937c) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University, Columbus, IV + 93 pp.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Caldwell, J.S. (1942a) The genotype of Forcipata (Homoptera-Cicadellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 35, 49.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1998b) New world species of Chlorita, Notus, and Forcipata (Rhychota : Homoptera : Cicadellidae : Typhlocybinae) with a new tribe Forcipatini. The Canadian Entomologist, 130(4), 491–507.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1953c) Young's reclassification of Western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 166.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1952b) A reclassification of Western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 35(1), 3–217 + I-XXXVIII pls.

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: forcipatus (shaped like pincers or tongs) (referring to the shape of subgenital plates)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species2605480