genus

Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904

Descendants and synonyms

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)
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Gelastonia [sic] Kirkaldy, 1904 (misspelling of Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1026.
Ecuatoriana Goding, 1920 (subjective synonym of Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904) in Sakakibara, 1996a: 101.

Oxygonia rufipes Fairmaire, 1846 type species by subsequent designation of Gelastogonia Kirkaldy, 1904

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
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.
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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.