World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Tropidocephala Stål, 1853

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (17)

  • 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 in Muir, 1920b: 182.
  • Tropidocephalus [sic] Stål, 1853 (misspelling of Tropidocephala Stål, 1853) in Muir, 1920b: 182.

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 Reale 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 Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 5, 56–66.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanoloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.

Stats

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
genus1089
species5603995