subgenus

Cixidia (Epiptera) Metcalf, 1922

Descendants and synonyms

Epiptera Metcalf, 1922a: 264.
type species by original designation Flata opaca Say, 1830
Cixidia (Epiptera) Metcalf, 1922 in Anufriev, 1969g: 174.

Flata opaca Say, 1830 type species by original designation of Cixidia (Epiptera) Metcalf, 1922

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ἐπί (on, upon, near) + πτερόν (wing)

Anufriev, G.A. (1969g) Studies on some Palearctic Achilidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 17(3), 173–178.
Metcalf, Z.P. (1922a) On the genus Elidiptera (Homop.). The Canadian Entomologist, 54, 263–264.