Genus

Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906

Descendants and synonyms

Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906c: 447.
type species by original monotypy Gelastopsis insignis Kirkaldy, 1906
Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906 (classified as Dardini Schmidt, 1908)

Elthenus Jacobi, 1928 (subjective synonym of Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906) in Fennah, 1964b: 160.
Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906 (classified as Platybrachinae Schmidt, 1908) in Constant, 2026: 44.

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.
Jacobi, A.F.V. (1928a) "Rhynchota Homoptera. 1. Fulgoridae und Cercopidae." In Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Arkiv för Zoologi. Utgifvet af K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 19(28), 1–50.

Fennah, R.G. (1964b) Three new genera of Eurybrachidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) from West Africa and Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. (Ser. B, Biological Sciences), 33(9-10), 157–162.
Constant, J. (2026) Revision of the Eurybrachidae IXX. The Australian genus Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906: two new species, new records, biological data and key (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1039, 42–69. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3177

type species by original monotypy of Gelastopsis Kirkaldy, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: γελαστός (smiling, cheerful, ridiculous) + όψις (appearance, similar to) (referring to markings of the frons)

No descendants observations found