species

Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907)

Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): (Observation).

Other: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): (Observation).

Pygofer, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): Face. (Observation).

Head: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).

Pygofer, ventral view: !! display not done !! on Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (35)

Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907d: 157. (valid in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 7)
Syntypes; male, female; 17bf46d4-6458-4cc9-a7fd-f4bd4a8da03f; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, Queensland: Redlynch, July, Cairns, August, Kuranda, August
Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907 (subjective synonym of Delphax furcifera Horváth, 1899) in Muir, 1917d: 328.
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Opiconsiva balteata Distant, 1917: 302.
Lectotype; male; Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, 1930-170; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Seychelle Islands; spec. fig.
Opiconsiva derelicta Distant, 1917: 303.
Opiconsiva insularis Distant, 1917: 303.
Lectotype; male; Percy Sladen Trust Expedition 1913-170; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Seychelle Islands 26, Silhouette, '08, Seychelles Exp.; spec. figd.
Opiconsiva insularis Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax furcifera Horváth, 1899) in Muir, 1919a: 7.
Megamelus kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Muir, 1920a: 143.
Opiconsiva balteata Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax furcifera Horváth, 1899) in Muir & Giffard, 1924a: 15.
Opiconsiva derelicta Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax furcifera Horváth, 1899) in Muir & Giffard, 1924a: 15.
Sogata furcifera kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Muir, 1929b: 212.
Delphax colophon [sic] (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Osborn, 1935a: 243.
Delphax colophon [sic] (Kirkaldy, 1907) (misspelling of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Osborn, 1935a: 243.
Liburnia furcifera kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Metcalf, 1943a: 361.
Delphacodes elegantissima Ishihara, 1952a: 45.
Holotype; male; c733171f-7194-4a6b-b035-2ef592b7ec1c; deposited at: Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan (EUMJ); Japan: Dogo, Matsuyama, Shikoku, 17.X.1950, Toshiro Yano leg.
Sogata meridiana Beamer, 1952b: 111.
Holotype; male; 531ace26-06ef-40cb-a09d-7d849076ed11; deposited at: University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute (SEMC); Hibernia, Florida, August 7, 1939, R.H. Beamer
Chloriona (Sogatella) kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Fennah, 1956a: 490.
Sogatella kolophon atlantica Fennah, 1963b: 58.
Holotype; male; B.M. 1936-406; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); St. Helena: Taylor's Flat, 10.iii.1936, H.F.D. Bartlett, beaten from Dicksonia arborescens
Sogatella nebris Fennah, 1963b: 67.
Holotype; male; Brit. Mus. 1923-241; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Pondoland, Port St. John, R.E. Turner, 25-31 March 1923
Sogatella elegantissima (Ishihara, 1952) in Fennah, 1963b: 67.
Sogatella kolophon insularis (Distant, 1917) in Fennah, 1963b: 59.
Sogatella kolophon meridiana (Beamer, 1952) in Fennah, 1963b: 59.
Sogatella derelicta (Distant, 1917) in Fennah, 1963b: 62.
Sogatella kolophon (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Fennah, 1963b: 58.
Sogatella balteata (Distant, 1917) in Fennah, 1963b: 64.
Sogatella chenhea Kuoh, 1977a: 440.
Holotype; male; 433d8c15-b623-4cc8-a381-0ef1d119572d; deposited at: Anhui Agricultural University (AAUF); China: Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, 2.X.1961
Delphacodes elegantissima Ishihara, 1952 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Opiconsiva balteata Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Opiconsiva derelicta Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Opiconsiva insularis Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Sogata meridiana Beamer, 1952 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Sogatella chenhea Kuoh, 1977 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Sogatella kolophon atlantica Fennah, 1963 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.
Sogatella nebris Fennah, 1963 (subjective synonym of Delphax kolophon Kirkaldy, 1907) in Asche & Wilson, 1990a: 16.

Sogata meridana [sic] (Beamer, 1952) in Thangam, Bourgoin & Bartlett, 2025: 312.
Sogata meridana [sic] (Beamer, 1952) (misspelling of Sogata meridiana Beamer, 1952) in Thangam, Bourgoin & Bartlett, 2025: 312.

Nomenclature references (18)

Asche, M. & Wilson, M.R. (1990a) The delphacid genus Sogatella and related groups: a revision with special reference to rice-associated species (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Systematic Entomology, 15, 1–42.
Beamer, R.H. (1952b) One old and five new species of delphacine fulgorids (Homoptera: Fulgoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 25, 111–115.
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Distant, W.L. (1917) Rhynchota. Part II: Suborder Homoptera. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 17, 273–322.

Fennah, R.G. (1956a) Fulgoroidea from Southern China. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. (4th Series), 28(13), 441–527.

Fennah, R.G. (1963b) The Delphacid species-complex known as Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 54(1), 45–79.

Horváth, G. (1899a) Hémiptères de l'Île de yesse (Japon). Természetrajzi Füzetek. Budapest, 22, 365–374.

Ishihara, T. (1952a) Some species of the Delphacidae new or unrecorded from Shikoku, Japan (Hemiptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 8, 39–47.

Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.

Kuoh, C.-L. (1977a) Three new species of Sogatella from China (Homoptera, Delphacidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 20, 440–444. [in Chinese]

Li, J.-J., Liu, H.-H., Wu, Y.-X., Ye, L. & Huang, X.-L. (2021) A dataset on type specimens of hemipteran insects in China. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e64443

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.

Muir, F.A.G. (1917d) Homopterous notes. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 3, 311–338.

Muir, F.A.G. (1919a) Notes on the Delphacidae in the British Museum collection. The Canadian Entomologist, 51, 6–8.

Muir, F.A.G. (1920a) On some African Delphacidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 10, 139–144.

Muir, F.A.G. (1929b) New and little-known African-Delphacidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 10), 4, 186–222.

Osborn, H. (1935a) Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Homoptera (excepting the Sternorhynchi). Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Published by the New York Academy of Sciences, 14, 111–260.
Thangam, S.D., Bourgoin, T. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Delphacoidea) of the Indian sub-continent: annotated checklist with keys to subfamilies and tribes. Zootaxa, 5653(3), 301–323. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.1

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Colophon (Greek: Κολοφών), ancient city in Ionia; Ancient Greek (κολοφών, kolophṓn): peak or finishing touch

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	20	21