Species

Oliaridus aridus (Ball, 1902)

Descendants and synonyms

Oliarus aridus Ball, 1902c: 151.
Oliarus breviceps Fowler, 1904b: 94.
Holotype; adult; 483fd014-51af-47ae-ab3e-5fe08e15a32c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); North Mexico: Juarez, Cockerell

Ball, E.D. (1902c) Some new North American Fulgoridae. The Canadian Entomologist, 34(6), 147–157.
Fowler, W.W. (1904b) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 1, pp. 85–108 + pls. 10–11. [xii + 147 pp. + 13 pls.]

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
Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: dry, arid

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	3	4