Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: (Observation).
Head: (Observation).
Other: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Oliarus abacus Caldwell, 1947c: 147.

    Holotype; male; Type No. 5917; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); Mexico: Real de Arriba, Temascaltepec, 22.V.1933, H.E. Hinton, R.L. Usinger Collectors

  • Oliarus abacus Caldwell, 1947 (incertae sedis in Pentastirini Emeljanov, 1971) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 61.
  • Melanoliarus abacus (Caldwell, 1947) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 61.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: abacus, counting board

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Caldwell, J.S. (1947c) New species of Oliarus Stål from Southwestern United States and Mexico (Homoptera: Cixiidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 23(4), 145–151.
  • Hendrix, S.V. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) Reclassification of the planthopper genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily north of Mexico, with notes on American Pentastirini. Zootaxa, 5619(1), 1–87. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5619.1.1

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