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Live specimen on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Live specimen on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Live specimen on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Head on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).
Other on Cyrtolobus vau (Say, 1831): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (36)

  • Membracis vau Say, 1831b: 299.

    Holotype; adult; f915a487-43d9-4243-a04d-099c55727c7b; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Pennsylvania

  • Smilia vau var. a Fitch, 1851a: 48. (unavailable: less than two letters)
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  • Cyrtolobus vau var. tricincta Goding, 1893 (unavailable, linked to Membracis vau Say, 1831) in Funkhouser, 1917a: 274.
  • Centrogonia maculata Buckton, 1902 (subjective synonym of Membracis vau Say, 1831) in Funkhouser, 1927f: 283.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1902a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 93–180, pls. XXIX-XXXVIII.
  • Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
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  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1917a) Biology of the Membracidae of the Cayuga Lake Basin. Memoirs of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 11, 177–445.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Goding, F.W. (1893c) Fitch's types of N. A. Membracidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 25, 171–172.
  • Moore, G.A. (1907a) Lists of Hemiptera taken at Como, Quebec, during the summer of 1906 (Concluded). The Canadian Entomologist, 39(6), 189–191.
  • Provancher, L. (1889a) Deuxième sous-ordre les Homoptères. In Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada, précédée d'un Traité elémentaire d'Entomologie. Vol. 3, pp. 207–292.
  • Say, T. (1831b) Descriptions of new North American hemipterous insects belonging to the first family of the section Homoptera of Latreille. (Continued). Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 299–314. [1830]
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1908a) Studies in North American Membracidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 9, 29–127.
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1852a) Supplement. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London, Edward Newman. Vol. 4, pp. 1119–1188.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, I; V-marked

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species102021