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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897

Habitus, dorsal view on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Head on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).
Head on Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Pissonotus pallipes Gillette & Baker, 1895a: 69. (nomen nudum: no description)
  • Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897a: 237.

    Holotype; female; USNM#100437; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: collected near Los Angeles by D.M. Coquillett

  • Pissonotus giffardi Van Duzee, 1925 (subjective synonym of Pissonotus delicatus Van Duzee, 1897) in Morgan & Beamer, 1949b: 134.
  • Pissonotus (Pissonotus) delicatus Van Duzee, 1897 in Morgan & Beamer, 1949b: 134.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Gillette, C.P. & Baker, C.F. (1895a) A preliminary list of the Hemiptera of Colorado. Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 31, 1–137.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1897a) A preliminary review of the North American Delphacidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 5(5), 225–261.
  • 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.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917a) Report upon a collection of Hemiptera made by Walter M. Giffard in 1916 and 1917, chiefly in California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 7(4), 249–318.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1925b) New Hemiptera from western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 14(4), 391–425.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.
  • Oman, P.W. (1947a) The types of auchenorrhynchous Homoptera in the Iowa State College collection. Iowa State College Journal of Science, 21(2), 161–228.
  • Morgan, L.W. & Beamer, R.H. (1949b) A revision of three genera of Delphacine fulgorids from America north of Mexico (Homoptera-Fulgoridae-Delphacinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 22(4), 121–142.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

Stats

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