genus
Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- 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.
Type
Flata pruinosa Say, 1830 type species by original designation of Metcalfa Caldwell, 1951
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)
Nomenclature references (2)
- 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]
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| species | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| subspecies | 10 | 2 | 8 |