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genus

Tropidocephala Stål, 1853

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (19)

  • Tropidocephala Stål, 1853b: 266.

    type species by subsequent monotypy Tropidocephala flaviceps Stål, 1855 in Stål, 1855a: 93

  • Nephropsia Costa, 1862c: 76.

    type species by original monotypy Fulgora elegans Costa, 1834

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  • Tropidocephalus [sic] Stål, 1853 (misspelling of Tropidocephala Stål, 1853) in Muir, 1920b: 182.
  • Orchesma Melichar, 1903 (subjective synonym of Tropidocephala Stål, 1853) in Yang & Yang, 1986a: 15.

Type

Tropidocephala flaviceps Stål, 1855 type species by subsequent monotypy of Tropidocephala Stål, 1853

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: τρόπις (keel) + κεφαλή (head)

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Costa, A. (1862c) Revista de' generi e delle specie di Folgoridei e Dictioforidei dell'Italia meridionale continentale. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli, 1, 71–79.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
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  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • 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.
  • Matsumura, S. (1900c) Uebersicht der Fulgoriden Japans. Entomologische Nachrichten, 26(17-18), 257–270. [in German]
  • Matsumura, S. (1907a) Monographie der Homoptera-Gattung Tropidocephala Stål. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 5, 56–66.
  • Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1915c) A contribution towards the taxonomy of the Delphacidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 47, 261–270.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1916b) Additions to the known Philippine Delphacidae (Hemiptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 11, 369–385.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1920b) A new genus of Australian Delphacidae (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 45, 181–182.
  • Stål, C. (1853b) Nya Genera bland Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 10, 259–267.
  • Stål, C. (1855a) Hemiptera från Kafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 12, 89–100.
  • Yang, J.-T. & Yang, C.-T. (1986a) Delphacidae of Taiwan (I). Asiracinae and the tribe Tropidocephalini (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series, 6, 1–79.

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Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus1019
subgenus000
species965838