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Genus

Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907

Pygofer, lateral view on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: genital capsule, lateral. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: genital capsule, lateral. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Connective on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: Connective. (Observation).
Forewing on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: Forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907: Hind wing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (16)

  • Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907d: 67.

    type species by original designation Heliona bioculata Melichar, 1903

  • Chikkaballapura Distant, 1918b: 107.

    type species by original designation Chikkaballapura maculosa Distant, 1918

  • Ushamenoa [sic] Malhotra & Sharma, 1974 (misspelling of Apheliona (Ushamenona) Malhotra & Sharma, 1974) in Zhang, 1990a: 127.
  • Empoanara Distant, 1918 (subjective synonym of Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907) in Dworakowska, 1994b: 258.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Baker, C.F. (1923a) The Jassoidea related to the Stenocotidae with special reference to Malayan species. Philippine Journal of Science, 23(4), 345–405.
  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1970a) Remarks on the tribe Bakerini Mahm. with description of one new genus of Typhlocybini (Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 17(11-12), 691–696.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1972g) Zyginoides Mats. and some other Typhlocybinae (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 20(12), 857–866.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1977d) On some species of the subgenus Kybos Fieb. with remarks on some other Empoascini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). [Некоторые палеарктические виды подрода Kybos Fieb. и заметки по другим Empoascini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae)]. Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 25(9), 609–617.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1994b) A review of the genera Apheliona Kirk. and Znana gen.nov. (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Oriental Insects, 28, 243–308.
  • Evans, J.W. (1947a) A natural classification of leaf-hoppers (Jassoidea, Homoptera). Part 3: Jassidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 98, 105–271.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Malhotra, Y.R. & Sharma, B. (1974a) Ushamenona subgen n., a new subgenus of Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907, from India (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 22(4), 245–248.
  • Matsumura, S. (1931b) A revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental Typhlocybid-genera with descriptions of new species and new genera. Insecta Matsumurana, 6(1-2), 55–91 + pls. II-III.
  • McAtee, W.L. (1934a) Genera and subgenera of Eupteryginae (Homoptera; Jassidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1934, 93–117 + pls. I-V.
  • Zhang, Y.-L. (1990a) A taxonomic study of Chinese Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Yangling, Shaanxi, China: Tianze Eldonejo, IV + 218 pp. [in Chinese; 张雅林. (1990) 中国叶蝉分类研究 (同翅目:叶蝉科). 陕西·杨凌:天则出版社.]

Type

type species by original designation of Apheliona Kirkaldy, 1907

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: αφελής (simple, small, slender)

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
Genus1078
Species2901443
Subspecies2068