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Genus

Philagra Stål, 1863

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Chalepus Walker, 1851b: 731.

    type species by subsequent designation Chalepus hastatus Walker, 1851 in Metcalf, 1962d: 571

  • Chalepus Walker, 1851 (homonym of Chalepus Thunberg, 1805)
  • Philagra Stål, 1863 (classified as Philagrini Schmidt, 1920) in Cryan & Svenson, 2010a: 396.
  • Philagra Stål, 1863 (classified as Ptyelinae Fowler, 1897) in Hamilton, 2016a: 205.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Cryan, J.R. & Svenson, G.J. (2010a) Family-level relationships of the spittlebugs and froghoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cercropoidea). Systematic Entomology, 35, 393–415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00520.x
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016a) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae. Zootaxa, 4169(2), 201–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
  • 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.
  • Lallemand, V. (1946a) Quatrième note sur les cercopides. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 82, 189–197.
  • Liang, A.-P. (2001d) Generic assignment and synonymy of some Indo-West Pacific Aphrophoridae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London. Florida Entomologist, 84(3), 442–445.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Horton, G. (1934a) The Cercopoidea (Homoptera) of China. Lingnan Science Journal, 13(3), 367–429.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962d) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 4. Ledridae. Washington, D.C., USDA, 147 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1863c) Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, (Series 3), 1, 571–603. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/612/mode/2up
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Philagra Stål, 1863

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Cape Philagra (Greece), from Greek: φίλος (fond of, loving) + αγρός (field, contryside)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species4023577
Subspecies2024