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Species

Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850)

Elfenbein-Spornzikade
Habitus, dorsal view on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Head on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Head on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Other on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).
Other on Delphacinus mesomela (Boheman, 1850): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Delphax mesomela Boheman, 1850a: 257.
  • Delphax mesomelas [sic] (Boheman, 1850) in Schaum, 1851a: 268.
  • Delphacinus mesamelas [sic] Boheman, 1850 in Mitjaev, 2015: 72.
  • Delphacinus mesamelas [sic] Boheman, 1850 (misspelling of Delphax mesomela Boheman, 1850) in Mitjaev, 2015: 72.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Boheman, C.H. (1850a) Bidrag till Gottlands Insekt-Fauna. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 37, 195–267. [1849]
  • Schaum, H.R. (1851a) Hemiptera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 17(2), 261–270.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1866b) Grundzüge zur generischen Theilung der Delphacini. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 517–534 + pl. VIII.
  • Sahlberg, J.R. (1871a) Öfversigt af Finlands och den Skandinaviska hälfons Cicadariae. I. Notiser ur Sällskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Förhandlingar, 9(12), 1–506 + pls. 1–2.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1872a) Katalog der europäischen Cicadinen, nach Originalien mit Benützung der neuesten Literatur. Carl Gerold's Sohn. Wein, iv + 19 pp.
  • Strobl, G. (1900a) Steirische Hemipteren. Mittheilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines fur Steiermark., 36, 170–224.
  • Horváth, G. (1903d) Adnotationes synonymicae de Hemipteris palaearcticis. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 1, 555–558.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.
  • Mitjaev, I.D. (2015) Leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadinea) of Kazakhstan, annotated check-list of species [Цикадовые (Homoptera, Cicadinea) Казахстана (Аннотированный список видов)]. Selevinia, 23, 43–81. [in Russian]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: μέσος (medium) + μέλας (black)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078