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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Caesonia bellula (Stål, 1855)

Habitus, dorsal view on Caesonia bellula (Stål, 1855): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caesonia bellula (Stål, 1855): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Colobesthes bellulus Stål, 1855a: 94.

    Holotype; male; 99 (4); deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); South Africa, Eastern Cape: Caffraria, or Kaffraria, J. Wahlberg

  • Colobesthes bellula Stål, 1855 in Dohrn, 1859a: 66.
  • Caesonia aethiopica (Linnavuori, 1962) in Linnavuori, 1973e: 132.
  • Phantia aethiopica Linnavuori, 1962 (subjective synonym of Colobesthes bellulus Stål, 1855) in Medler, 2001a: 343.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1962b) Studien an der Gattung Phantia Fieb. (Homoptera, Flatidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde aus dem Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, 89, 1–4.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1973e) Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 2. Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae, Cercopidae, Machaerotidae, Membracidae and Fulgoridae (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan no. 33). Notulae Entomologicae, 53(3), 65–137.
  • Medler, J.T. (1994a) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) in the Stockholm Museum with lectotype designations. Part 2. Entomologica Scandinavica, 25(2), 215–225.
  • Medler, J.T. (2001a) Review of Flatidae in Southern Africa, with keys and descriptions of new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Contributions on Entomology, International, 4(4), 323–375.
  • Stål, C. (1855a) Hemiptera från Kafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 12, 89–100.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Wilson, M.R. (2017) List of planthopper taxa described by Rauno E. Linnavuori (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha). Entomologica Americana, 122(4), 622–631. [2016]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: pretty, lovely, beautiful

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