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Habitus, dorsal view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Head on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).
Other on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Aphrophora irrorata Ball, 1899a: 214.

    Lectotype; male; aae59413-e656-46ea-8100-7e2d1edf0c34; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH); U.S.A.: Squaw Canon, Sioux Co., Nebraska, July 20, 1892

  • Cercopis irrorata (Ball, 1899) in Lallemand, 1912a: 60.
  • Aphrophora (Plesiommata) irrorata Ball, 1899 in Hamilton, 1982d: 48.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1899a) A review of the Cercopidae of North America, north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 6, 204–226.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1982d) Part 10. The spittlebugs of Canada (Homoptera: Cercopidae). In The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Biosystematics Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Research Branch Agriculture Canada. Vol. 10, Issue 1740, 1–102 pp.
  • Lallemand, V. (1912a) Homoptera fam. Cercopidae. Genera Insectorum, 143, 1–167 + pls. 1–8.
  • Oman, P.W. (1947a) The types of auchenorrhynchous Homoptera in the Iowa State College collection. Iowa State College Journal of Science, 21(2), 161–228.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: besprinkled, dewy

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023