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Species

Cephisus xanthocephala (Walker, 1858)

Habitus, lateral view on Cephisus sanguisuga Jacobi, 1908 now Cephisus xanthocephala (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cephisus sanguisuga Jacobi, 1908 now Cephisus xanthocephala (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cephisus xanthocephala (Walker, 1858): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Monecphora xanthocephala Walker, 1858b: 176.

    Holotype; male; 819f7d85-184e-4a22-ac0b-8b9228de7b5d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ecuador: 51/70 [Napo River]

  • Cephisus sanguisuga Jacobi, 1908a: 201.

    Syntypes; male, female; bfe06785-fef0-4c24-8880-2219814b431e; deposited at: Staatliches Museum fuer Tierkunde (MTKD); Peru, Junín: Chanchamayo. Syntype; female; a37e1d8e-3833-4bcb-b13c-c0877c149961; deposited at: Staatliches Museum fuer Tierkunde (MTKD); Peru, Cusco: Sicuani, leg. Garlepp. Syntypes; male, female; 15ac19f8-42ba-48cf-acb3-32472e470379; deposited at: Museum of Zoology Senckenberg Dresden (MTD); Peru, Junín: Chanchomayo Province, 1907, Rosenberg & Kauf. Syntype; female; d9a9f322-a5ac-4882-a145-765dd5ee677c; deposited at: Museum of Zoology Senckenberg Dresden (MTD); Peru, Cusco: Sicuani, Garlepp. Syntypes; male, female; eefffbdb-3073-45ec-afff-9a65883f07b9; deposited at: Museum of Zoology Senckenberg Dresden (MTD); Peru: Madre de Dios, 1911, Garlepp. Syntype; female; ae62fd47-a44b-4821-ad23-fcbb41ab67da; deposited at: Museum of Zoology Senckenberg Dresden (MTD); Ecuador: Pastaza Province, 1909

  • Cephisus xanthocephalus [sic] Walker, 1858 (misspelling of Monecphora xanthocephala Walker, 1858) in Fennah, 1968a: 170.
  • Cephisus xanthocephala (Walker, 1858) in Fennah, 1968a: 170.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1908a) Neue Cercopiden des Andengebietes. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. N.F., 1908, 200–215.
  • Lallemand, V. (1912a) Homoptera fam. Cercopidae. Genera Insectorum, 143, 1–167 + pls. 1–8.
  • Goding, F.W. (1923a) Sinopsis de los Cercopidae del Ecuador. Revista del Colegio Nacional Vicente Rocafuerte, 11-12, 45–52.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1968a) Revisionary notes on the New World genera of cercopid froghoppers (Homoptera: Cercopoidea). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 58, 165–190.
  • Emmrich, R. (1974) Das Typen-Material der Zikaden (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden. III Teil: Cercopoidea. Entomologische Abhandlungen, 40(3), 105–126.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2012a) Revision of Neotropical aphrophorine spittlebugs, part 1: Ptyelini (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zootaxa, 3497, 41–59.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ξανθός (yellow) + κεφαλή (head)

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