genus

Aphelonema Uhler, 1876

Aphelonema Uhler, 1876a: 356.
type species by original monotypy Aphelonema simplex Uhler, 1876
Apheloneuma [sic] Uhler, 1876 in Melichar, 1913a: 332.
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Aphelomena [sic] Uhler, 1876 in Mitjaev, 2002a: 119.
Aphelomena [sic] Uhler, 1876 (misspelling of Aphelonema Uhler, 1876) in Mitjaev, 2002a: 119.

Aphelonema simplex Uhler, 1876 type species by original monotypy of Aphelonema Uhler, 1876

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: αφελής (simple, small, slender) + νῆμα (thread, silk, web)

Emeljanov, A.F. (1996) A new genus, Chirodisca gen. n., and new subgenera of the genus Aphelonema Uhl. (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae). [Новый род, Chirodisca gen. n., и новые подроды рода Aphelonema Uhl. (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae)]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 75(4), 834–835. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 76(8), 993–994]
Melichar, L. (1913a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kaukasischen Homopterenfauna. Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums, 7, 319–333. [separate paged 1-15]

Mitjaev, I.D. (2002a) Faune, ecology and zoogeography of leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadinea) of Kazakhstan. [Фауна, экология и зоогеография цикадовых (Homoptera, Cicadinea) Казахстана]. Tethys Entomological Research, 5, 1–168. [in Russian]
Uhler, P.R. (1876a) List of Hemiptera of the region west of the Mississippi River, including those collected during the Hayden Explorations of 1873. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1(5), 269–361 + pls. 19–21.