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Species

Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904)

Habitus, dorsal view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Head on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Head on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Terminalia, in situ on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Other on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).
Other on Pintalia delicata (Fowler, 1904): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (17)

  • Metabrixia delicata Fowler, 1904b: 86.

    Syntype; adult; c7d3a519-ae08-4448-a983-2eeac1a7ae0e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Presidio, Forrer. Syntype; adult; bf259b27-614f-4700-a453-037851a8c665; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Guerrero: Chilpancingo, 4600 ft, August, H.H. Smith. Syntype; adult; 801ec7af-7432-4be3-99c3-8af85269b916; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Tabasco: Teapa, H.H. Smith

  • Cixius dorsalis Van Duzee, 1908d: 491.
  • Pintalia dorsovittata (Van Duzee, 1909) in Caldwell, 1944b: 154.
  • Cixius dorsalis Van Duzee, 1908 (subjective synonym of Metabrixia delicata Fowler, 1904) in Kramer, 1983a: 39.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Hardy, J. (1850a) Descriptions of some new British homopterous insects. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 1, 416–431.
  • 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.]
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1908d) Studies in North American Fulgoridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1907, 467–498.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1909a) Observation on some Hemiptera taken in Florida in the spring of 1908. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. y, 9, 149–230.
  • 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.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1925a) On the genera of Cixiidae, Meenoplidae and Kinnaridae (Fulgorlidea, Homoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 1, 97–110.
  • Dozier, H.L. (1928a) The Fulgoridae or planthoppers of Mississippi including those of possible occurrence. A taxonomic, bibliographical, ecological, and economic study. Technical Bulletin. Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station. Jackson., 14, 1–152.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1936a) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 2. Cixiidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 269 pp.
  • Caldwell, J.S. (1944b) Pintalia Stål with special reference to Mexico (Homoptera, Cixiidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 20(4), 154–160.
  • Kramer, J.P. (1983a) Taxonomic study of the planthopper family Cixiidae in the United States (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 109, 1–58.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: soft, tender, delicate; referring to the sinuate lateral processes of the aedeagus

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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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