species

Eupteryx (Eupteryx) melissae Curtis, 1837

Herb Leafhopper; Eibischblattzikade

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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (23)

Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1831a: 192. (nomen nudum: no description)
Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837d: pl.640. (valid in Metcalf, 1968a: 696)
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Eupteryx metissae [sic] Curtis, 1837 (misspelling of Eupteryx melissae Curtis, 1837) in Thanou, Afentoulis, Koufopoulou, Ampatzi, Lekkou, Koutsogiannopoulou, Bravou, Stamatakou, Voulgaraki, Piperkas, Chaldaiou, Kalaitzaki & Tsagkarakis, 2018a: 154.
Eupterix [sic] mellisae [sic] Curtis, 1837 in Özgen, Gjonov & Karavin, 2024: 114.

Nomenclature references (17)

Baker, C.F. (1903d) New Typhlocybini. Invertebrata Pacifica, 1, 5–9.
Curtis, J. (1831a) Homoptera. In A guide to an arrangement of British insects: being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland. F. Westley and A. H. Davis, M. Sherwood and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, London. Issues 6-7, pp. 189–194. [1929; 256 columns]
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Curtis, J. (1837a) Homoptera. In A guide to an arrangement of British insects, being a catalogue of all the named species hitherto discovered in Great Britain and Ireland. J. Pigot and Co., Sherwood and Co., Simpkin and Marshall, London. Ed. 2, pp. 220–224. [vi + 294 columns]

Curtis, J. (1837d) Eupteryx. In British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Published by the Author, London. Vol. 14, Issue 160, pp. pl. 640.

DeLong, D.M. & Knull, D.J. (1946a) Check list of the Cicadellidae (Homoptera) of America, north of Mexico. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, V + 102 pp. [1945]

Dlabola, J. (1954a) Fauna ČSR. Svazek 1. Křísi - Homoptera. Praha: Nakl. Československé Akad. Věd, 340 pp. + LIX pls.

Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]

Dworakowska, I. (1979g) On some Typhlocybini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 26(10), 703–713.

Fieber, F.X. (1884b) Description des Cicadines d'Europe du Groupe des Typhlocybini. (Traduit de l'allemand sur le manuscrit original, par F. Reiber) Avec des additions, par L. Lethierry. (Suite). Revue d'Entomologie, 3, 92–132.

Kloet, G.S. & Hincks, W.D. (1945a) Sub-order Homoptera. In A check list of British insects. T. Buncle & Co., Stockport, England. pp. 51–80. [lix + 483 pp.]

Lethierry, L.F. (1892b) Revue des Hémiptères de Belgique. Laroche-Delattre. Lille, 27 pp.

McAtee, W.L. (1919c) Preliminary key to the Nearctic species of Eupteryx (Homoptera; Eupterygidae). Entomological News, 30, 182–186.

Metcalf, Z.P. (1968a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 17. Cicadellidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA, VII+1513 pp.

Poisson, R. & Poisson, A. (1927a) Contribution à la connaissance des Hémiptères-Homoptères de Normandie. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie. (7), 9, 131–145.

Thanou, Z.N., Afentoulis, D.G., Koufopoulou, P., Ampatzi, A.P., Lekkou, S.D., Koutsogiannopoulou, A., Bravou, A.A., Stamatakou, G.D., Voulgaraki, K.N., Piperkas, A., Chaldaiou, A., Kalaitzaki, A.P. & Tsagkarakis, A.E. (2018a) New records and updated checklist of Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) species from Greece. Zootaxa, 4413(1), 133–157. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.4

Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
Özgen, I., Gjonov, I.V. & Karavin, M. (2024) New data on early spring Auchenorrhyncha species in Bozdağ Montain (Turkey). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 12(4), 112–114. https://doi.org/10.22271/j.ento.2024.v12.i4b.9354

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

on Melissa L. (Lamiaceae)

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
species	1	0	13	14