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Live specimen on Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927: (Observation).
Live specimen on Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927: (Observation).
Live specimen on Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927: (Observation).
Live specimen on Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Clastoptera newporta Doering, 1929 now Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Clastoptera obtusa var. arborina Ball, 1927a: 110.

    Holotype; adult, female; 318a4e6d-dbac-45dd-9869-bb7727f6b586; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Taken by E.D. Ball on white cedar at Muscatine Iowa

  • Clastoptera newporta Doering, 1929a: 100.
  • Clastoptera arborina Ball, 1927 in Doering, 1929a: 19.
  • Clastoptera newporta Doering, 1929 (subjective synonym of Clastoptera obtusa var. arborina Ball, 1927) in Hamilton, 1978a: 335.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Ball, E.D. (1927a) The genus Clastoptera (Cercopidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 59, 103–112.
  • Doering, K.C. (1929a) The genus Clastoptera in America north of Mexico. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 18, 5–153.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1978a) On the identity of Clastoptera arborina and a new related species (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cercopidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 110, 335–336.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: tree + of or pertaining to (suffix)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023