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Head on Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Forewing on Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902: Forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Eupteryx melanocephala Melichar, 1902c: 145.
  • Eupteryx takasagonis Matsumura, 1931b: 63. (nomen nudum: no description)
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  • Eupteryx takasagonis Matsumura, 1931 (unavailable, linked to Eupteryx takasagonis Matsumura, 1932) in Metcalf, 1968a: 718.
  • Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melanocephala Melichar, 1902 in Dworakowska, 1982a: 175.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Anufriev, G.A. & Emeljanov, A.F. (1968a) New synonymy of Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha from the Soviet Far East. [Материалы по синонимии цикадовых (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) фауны Дальнего Востока]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 47(9), 1328–1332. [in Russian]
  • Christensen, J.R. (1942b) Algunos cicadelidos de la Argentina y Bolivia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 11, 336–339.
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  • Dworakowska, I. (1982a) Typhlocybini of Asia (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen und Berichte aus dem Staatlichen Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden., 45(6), 99–181.
  • 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.
  • Matsumura, S. (1932a) A revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental Typhlocybid-genera with descriptions of new species and new genera. Insecta Matsumurana, 6(3), 93–120.
  • Melichar, L. (1902c) Homopteren aus West-China, Persien und dem Süd-Ussuri-Gebiete. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 7, 76–146 + pl. 5. [separate paged 1-71]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1968a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 17. Cicadellidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA, VII+1513 pp.
  • Vilbaste, J. (1968a) On Homoptera Cicadinea of the Maritime Territory (Primorsky Krai). Valgus, Tallinn, 181 pp. + 14 pls. [in Russian]
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: μέλας (black) + κεφαλή (head)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045