genus

Taractellus Metcalf, 1948

Taracticus Berg, 1881b: 265.
type species by original monotypy Cixius chilensis Spinola, 1852
Taracticus Berg, 1881 (homonym of Taracticus Loew, 1872)
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Taracticus Berg, 1881 (replaced by Taractellus Metcalf, 1948) in Metcalf, 1948a: 77.
Taractellus Metcalf, 1948 (classified as Taosini Emeljanov, 1983) in Emeljanov, 2011a: 302.

Cixius chilensis Spinola, 1852 type species by original designation of Taractellus Metcalf, 1948

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Taracticus + -ellus (diminutive suffix)

Berg, C. (1881b) Sinonimia y descripcion de algunos Hemípteros de Chile, del Brasil y de Bolivia. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 12, 259–272.
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]

Metcalf, Z.P. (1948a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 10. Achilidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 85 pp.