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Species

Stegaspis fronditia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitus, lateral view on Stegaspis fronditia (Linnaeus, 1758): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Stegaspis fronditia (Linnaeus, 1758): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Stegaspis galeata (Walker, 1851) now Stegaspis fronditia (Linnaeus, 1758): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (49)

  • Cicada fronditia Linnaeus, 1758a: 435.
  • Cicada foliata-sinuosa [sic] De Geer, 1773a: 208.
  • Stegaspis fonditia [sic] Linnaeus, 1758 in Lapèze, Sellan & Cocchi, 2025: 19.
  • Stegaspis fonditia [sic] Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling of Cicada fronditia Linnaeus, 1758) in Lapèze, Sellan & Cocchi, 2025: 19.

Nomenclature references (28)

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758a) II. Hemiptera. In Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. pp. 434–439. [iv + 823 + 1 (Emendanda, Addenda) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
  • De Geer, C. (1773a) Cinquième mémoire. Des cigales. In Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insects. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 158–228, pls. 11–12, 32–33. [696 pp.]
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1781a) Ryngota. In Species insectorum: exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Impensis C. E. Bohnii. Hamburgi et Kilonii. Vol. 2, pp. 313–331. [517 pp.]
  • Stoll, C. (1781a) Abbildungen und Bescheibungen der Cikaden und Wanzen, und anderer damit verwandten Insekten aus Europa, Asia, Afrika und Amerika. Aus dem Holländischen übersezt. 36 pp. + X pls.
  • Stoll, C. (1788a) Cigales. Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des cigales, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique; rassemblées et décrites. Jan Christiaan. Amsterdam, 124 pp. + 29 pls.
  • Stoll, C. (1792a) Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Cikaden und anderer damit verwandten Insekten aus Europa, Asia, Afrika und Amerika. Aus dem Holländischen übersetz und mit den nöthigsten Anmerkungen versehen. Jan Christiaan. Amsterdam, 94 pp. + xxix pls.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Ryngota. In Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. hrist. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 4, pp. 1–57. [472 pp.]
  • Olivier, G.-A. (1797) Membracis. In J.le R. D'Alembert (Ed.). Encyclopédie méthodique: Histoire naturelle: Insectes. Panckoucke. Paris. Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 657–669. [1792; in French; 827 pp.]
  • Turton, W. (1802a) Order II. Hemiptera. In Translated from Gmelin's last edition of System Naturae, by Sir Charles Linné. Amended and enlarged by the improvements and discoveries of later naturalists and societies. Vol. II. Insects. Part I. Lackington Allen and Co., London. pp. 570–604. [719 pp. + 1 pl.]
  • 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
  • Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.
  • Fairmaire, L.M.H. (1847b) Revue de la tribu des Membracides. (Suite et fin.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 4(4), 479–531 + pl. 3–7. [1846]
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.
  • Dallas, W.S. (1870a) Rhynchota. The Zoological Record, 6, 472–499.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1901a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. i-x, 1–92, pls. I-XXVIII, A-B.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1922a) New records and species of South American Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30(1), 1–35.
  • 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.
  • Goding, F.W. (1928a) The Membracidae of South America and the Antilles, II. Subfamily Centrotinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 35, 391–408. [1927]
  • Schmidt, E. (1931b) Homopterologisches aus dem Stettiner Museum für Naturkunde. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 48, 65–77.
  • Zimsen, E. (1964) Hemiptera. In The type materials of I.C. Fabricius. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. pp. 281–354. [656 pp.]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section I. Part 1 - Membracidae: Centrotinae, Platybelinae, Hoplophorioninae, Darninae. USA: Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VI + 743 p.
  • 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.
  • Boulard, M. (1979i) Genres nouveaux et espèces nouvelles de Membracides africains (Homoptera Auchenorhyncha). Bulletin de l'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 40(1), 100–119. [1978]
  • Sakakibara, A.M. (1992b) Sobre os gêneros Stegaspis e Lycoderes: notas taxonômicas e descrição de espécies novas. (Homoptera, Membracidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 51(3), 651–662. [1991]
  • Lapèze, J. (2024) Synthèse des connaissances sur les membracides et les aetalions de Guyane française (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Membracidae, Aetalionidae). Partie I: historique et liste des espèces recensées. Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 12(51), 1–35. [in French]
  • Lapèze, J., Sellan, G. & Cocchi, E. (2025) Synthesis of knowledge on treehoppers from French Guiana (Hemiptera: Membracidae, Aetalionidae). Part II: biology, host-plants, and interactions. Faunitaxys. Revue de Faunistique, Taxonomie et Systématique morphologique et moléculaire, 13(39), 1–25.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

from Latin "frondea" (leaves)

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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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Species102526