Live specimen: Cedusa incisa (Metcalf, 1923), male. Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; June 23, 2021. (Observation).
Live specimen: Cedusa incisa (Metcalf, 1923), male. Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; June 23, 2021. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cedusa Fowler, 1904c: 112.

    type species by subsequent designation Cedusa funesta Fowler, 1904 in Muir, 1913c: 35

  • Sedusa [sic] Fowler, 1904 in Wray, 1967a: 30.
  • Sedusa [sic] Fowler, 1904 (misspelling of Cedusa Fowler, 1904) in Wray, 1967a: 30.

Type

Cedusa funesta Fowler, 1904 type species by subsequent designation of Cedusa Fowler, 1904

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κῆδος (troubles, care for others)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Fowler, W.W. (1904c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 1, pp. 109–124.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1913c) On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 12, 28–92.
  • Wray, D.L., Jr. (1967a) Insects of North Carolina, Third supplement. North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, Raleigh, North Carolina, 181 pp.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus211
species21417836
subspecies523