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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

[Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947

Habitus, dorsal view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Head on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).
Other on [Oliarus] abacus Caldwell, 1947: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Oliarus abacus Caldwell, 1947c: 147.

    Holotype; male; Type No. 5917; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (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.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Caldwell, J.S. (1947c) New species of Oliarus Stål from Southwestern United States and Mexico (Homoptera: Cixiidae). 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
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: abacus, counting board

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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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