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genus

Dichoptera Spinola, 1839

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Dichoptera Spinola, 1839a: 286.

    type species by original monotypy Fulgora hyalinata Fabricius, 1781

  • Dichopteres [sic] Spinola, 1839a: 300.
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  • Dictoptera [sic] Spinola, 1839 (misspelling of Dichoptera Spinola, 1839) in Matsumura, 1940c: 14.
  • Thanatophara Kirkaldy, 1904 (subjective synonym of Dichoptera Spinola, 1839) in Metcalf, 1946a: 23.

Type

Fulgora hyalinata Fabricius, 1781 type species by original monotypy of Dichoptera Spinola, 1839

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: δίχα (in two, apart, oppositely) + πτερόν (wing)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1904c) Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 3. Entomologist, 37, 279–283.
  • Matsumura, S. (1940c) New species of Dictyophoridae (Homoptera) from Manchoukuo and the neighbouring countries. Insecta Matsumurana, 15, 14–20.
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  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1946a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 8. Dictyopharidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 246 pp.
  • Spinola, M. (1839a) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8, 133–337, pls. 1–7.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.

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