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Genus

Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904

Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904: _Gelastogonia bicristata_. (Otu).
Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904: _Gelastogonia bicristata_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (21)

  • Oxygonia Fairmaire, 1846a: 301.

    type species by subsequent designation Oxygonia rufipes Fairmaire, 1846 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1021

  • Oxygonia Fairmaire, 1846 (homonym of Oxygonia Mannerheim, 1837)
  • Ecuatoriana Goding, 1920 (subjective synonym of Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904) in Sakakibara, 1996a: 101.
  • Ecuadoria Goding, 1920 in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (12)

  • 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]
  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1904c) Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 3. Entomologist, 37, 279–283.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
  • Goding, F.W. (1920c) Sinopsis de los membracidos del Ecuador (Insectos Hemípteros, suborden Homópteros). Boletín de Medicina y Cirugía, 18, 31–37.
  • Goding, F.W. (1920b) The known Membracidae of Ecuador (Homop). Entomological News, 31, 155–159.
  • Goding, F.W. (1921a) Sinopsis de los membracidos del Ecuador. (Insectos Hemípteros, suborden Hómopteros). Revista del Colegio Nacional Vicente Rocafuerte, 5, 3–15.
  • Haviland, M.D. (1925a) The Membracidae of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species and bionomical notes. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 6(3), 229–290.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
  • 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.
  • Sakakibara, A.M. (1996a) On some Polyglyptini (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae): new genus, new species and taxonomic notes. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13(1), 93–108.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: γελαστός (smiling, cheerful, ridiculous) + Tettigonia

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species80816