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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Scieroptera Stål, 1866

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Scieroptera Stål, 1866a: 4.

    type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia splendidula Fabricius, 1775 in Distant, 1905d: 483

  • Scleroptera [sic] Stål, 1866 in Matsumura, 1913a: 92.
  • Sleroptera [sic] Stål, 1866 in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 418.
  • Sleroptera [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Scieroptera Stål, 1866) in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 418.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Distant, W.L. (1905d) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 15, 478–486.
  • Matsumura, S. (1913a) Nippon Senchu Zukai: Additamenta [1000 insects of Japan additamenta]. Tokyo, Vol. 1, 184 pp. + xv pls. [in Japanese]
  • Kato, M. (1934b) Notes on Chinese Cicadidae. The Entomological World, 2, 144–161 + pls. 61–62. [in Japanese]
  • Kato, M. (1944c) Studies on Japanese Cicadidae (8). Bulletin of the Cicadidae Museum, 14, 11–13. [in Japanese]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
  • Ishihara, T. (1965a) Taxonomic position of some leafhoppers known as virus vectors. Seminar of U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science. Relationships Between Arthropods and Plant-Pathogenic Viruses, Tokyo. Pp. 1-16.
  • Zhang, Y.-Z. & Li, Z.-Z. (2002) Homoptera: Cicadidae. In Z.-Z. Li & D.-C. Jin (Eds.). Insect fauna from National Nature Reserve of Guizhou Province, I. Insects from Maolan landscape. Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House, Guiyang. pp. 148–150. [in Chinese; X + 615 pp.]
  • Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Scieroptera Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: σκιερές (shaded, darkened) + πτερόν (wing)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species1801937
Subspecies402226