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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

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

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Matsumura, S. (1900c) Uebersicht der Fulgoriden Japans. Entomologische Nachrichten, 26(17-18), 257–270. [in German]
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. (1907a) Monographie der Homoptera-Gattung Tropidocephala Stål. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 5, 56–66 + pls. I-II.
  • 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.

Type

type species by subsequent monotypy of Tropidocephala Stål, 1853

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: τρόπις (keel) + κεφαλή (head)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1089
Species5603894