Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: (Observation).
Head: (Observation).
Other: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cyrpoptus metcalfi Ball, 1933d: 147.

    Holotype; female; 44e864f1-48c3-49d0-8c16-06e209754225; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); August 25, 1929, Yuma, Arizona. Taken by E.D. Ball, sweeping on arrowweed (Pluchea sericea)

  • Cyrpoptus metacalfi [sic] Ball, 1933 in da Costa Lima, 1935a: 493.
  • Cyrpoptus metacalfi [sic] Ball, 1933 (misspelling of Cyrpoptus metcalfi Ball, 1933) in da Costa Lima, 1935a: 493.
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)

  • Ball, E.D. (1933d) Notes on the Fulgoridae with some new species. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 40, 145–150.
  • da Costa Lima, Â.M. (1935a) Catalogo das especies americanas de Laternaridae (Homoptera : Fulgoroidea). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 30, 481–517.

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