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Species

Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851)

Saratoga spittlebug
Habitus, lateral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Aphrophora (Plesiommata) detrita (Walker, 1851) now Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (25)

  • Lepyronia saratogensis Fitch, 1851a: 53.

    Syntypes; male, female; No. 710, 711; deposited at: New York State Museum (NYSM); U.S.A., New York: on the pitch pines of Saratoga plains, and is sometimes met with on the white pine also

  • Lepyronia saratogensis var. a Fitch, 1851a: 53. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Plesiommata biundulata Provancher, 1889 (subjective synonym of Lepyronia saratogensis Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1976a: 36.
  • Aphrophora (Plesiommata) saratogensis (Fitch, 1851) in Hamilton, 1982d: 57.

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Beirne, B.P. (1956a) Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) of Canada and Alaska. The Canadian Entomologist, 88, 1–180.
  • 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.
  • Fitch, A. (1857a) Fourth report of the noxious and other insects of the State of New york. Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 17, 687–753.
  • 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.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1976a) Cicadellidae (Rhynchota: Homoptera) described by Provancher, with notes on his publications. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 103, 29–45.
  • 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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962f) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VII. Cercopoidea. Part 3. Aphrophoridae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VII + 600 pp.
  • Moore, G.A. (1950a) Catalogue des Hémiptères de la Province de Québec. Nat. Canadien., 77, 233–271.
  • Oman, P.W. (1938c) Revision of the Nearctic leafhoppers of the tribe Errhomenellini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 85(3036), 163–180.
  • Provancher, L. (1889a) Deuxième sous-ordre les Homoptères. In Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada, précédée d'un Traité elémentaire d'Entomologie. Vol. 3, pp. 207–292.
  • Smith, J.B. (1890) Sub-order Homoptera in Catalogue of insects found in New Jersey. In Geological Survey of New Jersey. Final report of the State Geologist. Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 436–447. [486 pp.]
  • Southwick, E.B. (1892b) Notes on local Bythoscopidae and Cercopidae. Science, 19, 318–319.
  • Speers, C.F. (1941a) The pine spittle bug (Aphrophora parallela Say). Technical Publication of New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, 54, 1–65.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

from Saratoga County (New York, U.S.A.)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101415