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Species

Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Nymph on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Stylus on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Connective on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Forewing on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (flipped vertically). (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Anal tube processes on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Cilidius testaceus (Walker, 1851) now Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Cixius vicarius Walker, 1851a: 343.
  • Cixius testaceus Walker, 1851a: 344.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK 013590059; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Cixius testaceus Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Cixius vicarius Walker, 1851) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 61.
  • Cilidius vicarius (Walker, 1851) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 61.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
  • Melichar, L. (1905a) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Homopterenfauna Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 24, 279–304.
  • Distant, W.L. (1907d) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 19, 277–295.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1923a) A key to the Fulgoridae of Eastern North America with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 38(3-4), 139–230.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1936a) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 2. Cixiidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 269 pp.
  • 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]
  • Luo, Y., Bourgoin, T., Zhang, J.-L. & Feng, J.-N. (2022) Distribution patterns of Chinese Cixiidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea), highlight their high endemic diversity. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, 1–79. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.10.e75303
  • 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: vicarious, substituted

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