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Habitus, dorsal view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Head on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Stylus on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Connective on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Other on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).
Other on Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Oliarus sonoitus Ball, 1937c: 179.

    Holotype; male, adult; 7ad60edf-76d7-42ec-ab87-a53d92cbf746; deposited at: Ohio State University (OSU); Uvalde, Texas, VIII-4-37

  • Oliarus nigravittus Caldwell, 1938b: 304.

    Holotype; male; No. VIII-9651; deposited at: Ohio State University (OSU); U.S.A., Texas: Uvalde, 4.VIII.1937, D.J. & J.N. Knull Collrs.

  • Melanoliarus sonoitus (Ball, 1937) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 9.
  • Oliaridus sonoitus (Ball, 1937) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 50.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ball, E.D. (1937c) Some new Fulgoridae from the Western United States. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 32(5), 171–183.
  • Caldwell, J.S. (1938b) New Texan Fulgoridae (Homoptera). The Ohio Journal of Science, 38, 304–306.
  • 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
  • Mead, F.W. & Kramer, J.P. (1982a) Taxonomic study of the planthopper genus Oliarus in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 107, 381–569. [1981]

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034