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Live specimen: !! display not done !! on Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944: Rhynchomitra microrhina, female. Newark, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA; August 31, 2021, sweeping vegetation; det. CR Bartlett. (Observation).
Live specimen: !! display not done !! on Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944: Rhynchomitra microrhina, female. Newark, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA; August 31, 2021, sweeping vegetation; det. CR Bartlett. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944c: 85.

    type species by original designation Dictyophara microrhina Walker, 1851

  • Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944 (classified as Taosini Emeljanov, 1983) in Emeljanov, 1983a: 82.
  • Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944 (classified as Nersiini Emeljanov, 1983) in Emeljanov, 2011a: 302.

Type

Dictyophara microrhina Walker, 1851 type species by original designation of Rhynchomitra Fennah, 1944

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ῥύγχος (snout, rostrum) + μίτρα (bandage, headband)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Emeljanov, A.F. (1983a) Dictyopharidae from the Cretaceous deposits on the Taymyr Peninsula (Insecta, Homoptera). [Носатка (Insecta, Homoptera) из мела Таймыра]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 17, 79–85. [in Russian; translated into English in Paleontological Journal, 17: 77–82]
  • Emeljanov, A.F. (2011a) Improved tribal delimitation of the subfamily Dictyopharinae and description of new genera and new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Dictyopharidae). [Уточненное деление подсем. Dictyopharinae на трибы и описания новых родов и видов (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Dictyopharidae)]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 90(2), 299–328. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 91, 1122–1145]
  • Fennah, R.G. (1944c) New Dictyopharidae from the New World (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 57, 77–94.

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
genus1001
species50914