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Pissonotus muiri Metcalf, 1943

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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Megamelus albicollis (Crawford, 1914) non Motschulsky, 1863 in Crawford, 1914: 613.
  • Megamelus albicollis (Crawford, 1914) non Motschulsky, 1863 (misapplication, linked to Delphax albicollis Motschulsky, 1863)
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  • Pissonotus muiri Metcalf, 1943a: 274.

    Lectotype; female; 605e4602-5e1d-417e-99f6-feed2577376a; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Chinandega, Nicaragua, Coll. Baker

  • Megamelus albicollis (Crawford, 1914) non Motschulsky, 1863 (unavailable, linked to Pissonotus muiri Metcalf, 1943) in Metcalf, 1943a: 274.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Bartlett, C.R. & Deitz, L.L. (2000a) Revision of the New World delphacid planthopper genus Pissonotus (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Monographs. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 234 pp.
  • Crawford, D.L. (1914) A contribution toward a monograph of the homopterous insects of the family Delphacidae of North and South America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 46(2041), 557–640.
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  • de Motschulsky, V.I. (1863a) Essai d'un catalogues des insectes de l'île Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36(3), 1–153.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.
  • Muir, F.A.G. & Giffard, W.M. (1924a) Studies in North American Delphacidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station (Entomological Series), 15, 1–53.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (1872–1931), an English entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha

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