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Species

Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831

four-spotted spittlebug
Habitus, dorsal view on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Head on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Other on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).
Other on Aphrophora (Aphrophora) obliterata Froeschner, 1946 now Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (21)

  • Aphrophora quadrinotata Say, 1831b: 304.

    Holotype; adult; d05dae42-cc24-413c-a863-64a4e0c2f51b; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States of America

  • Aphrophora quadrinotata var. a Fitch, 1851a: 52. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Aphrophora binotata Ball, 1915 non Ball, 1896 (unavailable, linked to Aphrophora quadrinotata Say, 1831) in Hamilton, 1982d: 46.
  • Aphrophora (Aphrophora) quadrinotata Say, 1831 in Hamilton, 1982d: 46.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • Say, T. (1831b) Descriptions of new North American hemipterous insects belonging to the first family of the section Homoptera of Latreille. (Continued). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 299–314. [1830]
  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
  • Walker, F. (1852a) Supplement. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London, Edward Newman. Vol. 4, pp. 1119–1188.
  • Fitch, A. (1856a) Third report on the noxious and other insects of the State of New York. Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 16, 315–490.
  • Walker, F. (1858a) Homoptera. In Insecta saudersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders. Esq. John Van Voorst. London. pp. 1–117.
  • Comstock, J.H. (1888a) Order V. Hemiptera. In An introduction to entomology. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 171–181. [iv + 234 pp.]
  • Goding, F.W. (1895b) Synopsis of the subfamilies and genera of the North American Cercopidae, with a bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described species of North America. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 3, 483–501.
  • Ball, E.D. (1896a) A study of the genus Clastoptera. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 3, 182–194.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. (1908a) Fossil Cercopidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society, 6, 35–38.
  • Ball, E.D. (1915b) Adaptations to arid conditions in Cercopidae and Membracidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 8, 365–368.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Froeschner, R.C. (1946a) The Cercopidae or spittlebugs of Missouri. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 19, 30–35.
  • Procter, W. (1946a) The insect fauna with references to methods of capture, food plants, the flora and other biological features. In Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Salisbury Cove, Maine). Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Philadelphia. Vol. 7, 566 pp.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: having four marks

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101213