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Habitus, dorsal view on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Head on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Terminalia, in situ on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Other on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).
Other on Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926b: 36.

    Holotype; male; No. 1188; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Belém, Brazil, June, 1924, F.X. Williams coll.

  • Delphacodes arterrimus [sic] Muir, 1926b: 48.
  • Delphacodes aterrima Muir, 1926 in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 563.
  • Delphacodes arterrimus [sic] Muir, 1926 (incorrect original spelling of Delphacodes aterrimus Muir, 1926) in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.
  • Hendrix, S.V. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) A new genus and species of cixiid planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacoidea: Cixiidae) from Belize, including a key to the American Pentastirini and a checklist of Belizean Fulgoromorpha. Zootaxa, 5588(4), 551–572. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.3
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1926b) Contributions to our knowledge of South American Fulgoroidea (Homoptera), Part I. The family Delphacidae. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station (Entomological Series), 18, 1–51.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: blackest

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023