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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Colgaroides acuminata (Walker, 1851)

Mango Planthopper
Habitus, lateral view on Colgaroides acuminata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Colgaroides acuminata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Colgaroides acuminata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Colgaroides acuminata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Poeciloptera [sic] acuminata Walker, 1851a: 460.

    Holotype; adult; aae7de75-1567-46f9-a271-1b9e8332879d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, former New Holland, Mr. Argent's collection

  • Cromna frontalis Melichar, 1902a: 59.

    Lectotype; male; 2474fc16-869c-4161-9340-ddc6407cfcc8; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Australia, Queensland: Rockhampton, Thorey

  • Colgaroides circumcincta Jacobi, 1928a: 21.

    Lectotype; male; 8906c3b3-3bc6-4f91-8467-6eee233ae8bc; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Australia, Western Australia: Kimberley District, II; Mjoberg

  • Colgaroides circumcincta Jacobi, 1928 (subjective synonym of Poeciloptera [sic] acuminata Walker, 1851) in Medler, 1986d: 326.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • 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.
  • Distant, W.L. (1910d) Rhynchota Malayana. Part III. Records of the Indian Museum, 5, 313–338.
  • 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.
  • Medler, J.T. (1986d) The types of Flatidae (Homoptera) in the Stockholm Museum described by Stål, Melichar, Jacobi and Walker. Entomologica Scandinavica, 17(3), 323–337.
  • Medler, J.T. (1990a) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera). XIV. Walker and Distant types in the British Museum. Oriental Insects, 24, 127–195.
  • Medler, J.T. (2000a) Flatidae of New Guinea and adjacent areas (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 8, i-viii + 1–117.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: sharp, pointed, tapering

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045