subgenus

Cladonota (Lecythifera) Fowler, 1894

Sphongophorus (Lecythifera) Fowler, 1894c: 27.
type species by subsequent designation Sphongophorus (Lecythifera) championi Fowler, 1894 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1371
Lecythifera Fowler, 1894 in Buckton, 1901a: 77.

Sphongophorus (Lecythifera) championi Fowler, 1894 type species by subsequent designation of Cladonota (Lecythifera) Fowler, 1894

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: λήκυθος (Adam's apple) + Latin: -fera (carrying)

Buckton, G.B. (1901a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. i-x, 1–92, pls. I-XXVIII, A-B.
Flynn, D.J. (2003a) Subgenera of Cladonota Stål (Hemiptera: Membracidae), with two new species from Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(2), 320–330.

Fowler, W.W. (1894c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, pp. 25–56.
Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section II. Part 1 - Membracidae (continued): Smiliinae, Tragopinae, Membracinae. Part 2 - Aetalionidae. Part 3 - Biturritiidae. Part 4 - Nicomiidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 744–1552 pp.