genus
Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951 in Caldwell & Martorell, 1951a: 236.
type species by original designation Flata pruinosa Say, 1830
- Mecalfa [sic] Caldwell, 1951 in Bahder, Mason & Callaghan, 2025: 2.
- Mecalfa [sic] Caldwell, 1951 (misspelling of Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951) in Bahder, Mason & Callaghan, 2025: 2.
- Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951 (classified as Cryptoflatina Melichar, 1923) in Ai, Bourgoin, Bu & Zhang, 2026: 6.
Nomenclature references (3)
- Ai, D.-Q., Bourgoin, T., Bu, W. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2026) Toward a new phylogeny-based classification of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): a diversification shaped by angiosperm expansion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 216, 1–13. [2025; no zoobank registration] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108508
- Bahder, B.W., Mason, B.M. & Callaghan, C.T. (2025) Heralding hoppers: A guide to uncovering leafhoppers, planthoppers, and treehoppers with iNaturalist. EDIS, 2025(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw525-2024
- Caldwell, J.S. & Martorell, L.F. (1951a) Review of the auchenorynchous Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 34(2), 133–269. [1950]
Type
type species by original designation of
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885–1956), an entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha, North Carolina State University (USA, North Carolina, Raleigh)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |