Species

Ceratogergithus spinosus (Che, Zhang & Wang, 2007)

Descendants and synonyms

Gergithus spinosus Che, Zhang & Wang, 2007a: 615.
Holotype; male; d1de8db2-700a-4521-85d4-0ad1a769acd2; deposited at: Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China (NWAFU); China, Hainan Province: Jianfengling, or Jianfeng Mountain, 7.VI.1984, Lin Youdong
Gnezdilovius spinosus (Che, Zhang & Wang, 2007) in Meng, Webb & Wang, 2017a: 19.

Che, Y.-L., Zhang, Y.-L. & Wang, Y.-L. (2007a) Seven new species and one new record of Gergithus Stål (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from China. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 109(3), 611–627.
Gnezdilov, V.M. (2017k) Addenda to the revisions of the genera Gergithus Stål and Hemisphaerius Schaum (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea: Issidae). Entomological Review, Washington, 97(9), 1338–1352. [originally submitted to Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie and is first published in translation] https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873817090123

Meng, R., Webb, M.D. & Wang, Y.-L. (2017a) Nomenclatural changes in the planthopper tribe Hemisphaeriini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), with the description of a new genus and a new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 298, 1–25.
Zhang, Y.-L., Che, Y.-L., Meng, R. & Wang, Y.-L. (2020) Fauna Sinica. Insecta. Vol. 70. Hemiptera. Caliscelidae. Issidae. Science Press, Beijing, China, 655 pp., 43 pls. [in Chinese]

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: thorny, prickly; refers to the spiniform dorsocaudal angle of the pygofer

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	2	3