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Species

Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856)

Habitus, dorsal view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Head on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Stylus on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Other on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Other on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).
Other on Stictocephala taurina (Fitch, 1856): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (16)

  • Membracis taurina Harris, 1835b: 59. (nomen nudum: no description)
  • Membracis taurina Harris, 1835 in Harris, 1841a: 178.
  • Caresa [sic] tuarina [sic] (Fitch, 1856) in Babar, Soomro, Memon & Sadiq, 2024: 16.
  • Caresa [sic] tuarina [sic] (Fitch, 1856) (misspelling of Ceresa taurina Fitch, 1856) in Babar, Soomro, Memon & Sadiq, 2024: 16.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Harris, T.W. (1835b) Insects. Omoptera. In Catalogues of the animals and plants of Massachusetts, with a copious index. Vol. 1835, pp. 32–82. [reprint of Harris, 1835a]
  • Harris, T.W. (1841a) Harvest flies, etc. (Hemiptera Homoptera). In A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston. Cambridge, MA. Vol. 1841, pp. 164–186. [459 pp.]
  • Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
  • Harris, T.W. (1852a) Harvest flies, etc. (Hemiptera Homoptera). In A treatise on some of the insects of New England which are injurious to vegetation. Second edition. White & Potter. Boston, MA. i-viii, 1-513. Boston, MA. Ed. 2, pp. 177–201. [viii + 513 pp.]
  • Fitch, A. (1856a) Third report on the noxious and other insects of the State of New York. Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 16, 315–490.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Goding, F.W. (1893a) Bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described Membracidae of North America. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 3, 391–482.
  • 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.
  • Caldwell, J.S. (1949a) A generic revision of the treehoppers of the tribe Ceresini in America north of Mexico, based on a study of the male genitalia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 98(3234), 491–521.
  • 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.
  • Babar, I., Soomro, B., Memon, S.A. & Sadiq, A. (2024) Ecological status of treehopper Caresa tuarina in District Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistan: Ecological status of Caresa tuarina. MARKHOR (The Journal of Zoology), 5(1), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.54393/mjz.v5i01.92
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ταύρος (bull) + -ina (wife of)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1089