species

Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Ceresa curvilinea Walker, 1858: (Observation).

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Ceresa pallens (Germar, 1821): (Observation).

Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Ceresa curvilinea Walker, 1858: (Observation).

Other: !! display not done !! on Ceresa pallens (Germar, 1821): (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Subgenital plate: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Ceresa curvilinea Walker, 1858: (Observation).

Stylus: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Pygofer appendages: !! display not done !! on Ceresa vitulus (Fabricius, 1775): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (20)

Membracis vitulus Fabricius, 1775a: 677.
Lectotype; female; 991e5d81-773d-4ea5-994a-da2953bf8567; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); America
Membracis Vitulus [sic] Fabricius, 1775a: 677.
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Smilia pallens (Germar, 1821) in Remes Lenicov, 1973a: 85.
Ceresa excisa Walker, 1858 (subjective synonym of Membracis vitulus Fabricius, 1775) in Andrade, 2004a: 719.

Nomenclature references (16)

Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
Box, H.E. (1954) A preliminary list of the insects affecting sugarcane in the Lesser Antilles and Trinidad. In Proceedings of the International Society of the Sugar Cane Technologists. Vol. 8, pp. 549–553.
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Broomfield, P.S. (1971a) A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 25, Issue 8, 325–386 pp.

Butler, A.G. (1877a) On various genera of the homopterous family Membracidae with description of new species. In Cistula Entomologica. London. Vol. 2, pp. 205–222 + pl. III.

de Andrade, G.S. (2004a) As espécies do gênero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 21(4), 671–738. [in Portuguese]

de Remes Lenicov, A.M.M. (1973a) Contribucion al estudio de los Membracidos neotropicales I. Revision del genero Ceresa Amyot et Serville. De Acta Zoologica Lilloana del Instituto "Miguel Lillo.", 30, 53–134. [in Spanish; Castilian]

Fabricius, J.C. (1775a) Ryngota. In Systema entomologiae: sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Kortius, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. pp. 673–689. [32 + 832 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510

Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644

Fairmaire, L.M.H. (1846a) Revue de la tribu des Membracides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 4(2-3), 235–320. [Publication dates: 2(p. 113-264): October 28, 1846; 3 (p. 265-388): December 23, 1846]

Fowler, W.W. (1895d) 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. 89–112.

Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.

Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.

Goeze, J.A.E. (1778a) Hemiptera. In Entomologische beyträge zu des ritter Linné Zwolften ausgabe des natursystems. Bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig. Vol. 2, pp. 117–164. [lxxii + 352 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45974

Osborn, H. (1909a) Notes on Guatemalan Hemiptera with descriptions of a few new species. The Ohio Naturalist, 9(5), 457–466.

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.
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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: a bull calf

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	12	13