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Habitus, dorsal view on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Habitus, female, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Habitus, female, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Habitus, male, dorsal view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Habitus, female, lateral view. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Habitus, male, lateral view. (Observation).
Head on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Head, female. (Observation).
Head on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Head, male. (Observation).
Nymph on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Nymph, early instar. (Observation).
Nymph on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Nymph. (Observation).
Forewing on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019: Hind wing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019a: 216. (nomen nudum: no type deposition statement after 1999)
  • Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019b: 189.

    Holotype; male; CCDL26249; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); Northern Cape Province. CCDL26249, Brakwater, Oorlogskloof, -31.4656, 19.0799, 2016/12/17, M. Stiller, sweeping Diospyros austro-africana Ebenaceae

  • Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019 (unavailable, linked to Discolopeus arctus Stiller, 2019) in Stiller, 2019b: 189.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Stiller, M. (2019a) A new leafhopper genus Discolopeus and nine new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) associated with shrubs, trees and poisonous plants in South Africa. Zootaxa, 4559(2), 201–244. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.1
  • Stiller, M. (2019b) Validation of Discolopeus Stiller, 2019 and corrections to figures. Zootaxa, 4585(1), 189–191. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.11
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin with the verb for the narrowed, or compressed aedeagal shaft, arctus, compress, confine, contract, press together

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012