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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 (unavailable or invalid, linked to Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1942)
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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.

Type

Forcipata loca DeLong & Caldwell, 1936 type species by original designation of Forcipata DeLong & Caldwell, 1942

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

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: 1), 3–217 + 38 pls.

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Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus1012
species2605379