Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
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Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Poeciloptera [sic] elevans Walker, 1858c: 335.

    Holotype; adult; BMNH 015981667; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Jamaica

  • Ormenis elevans (Walker, 1858) in Melichar, 1902a: 71.
  • Colpoptera elevans (Walker, 1858) in Distant, 1910a: 315.
  • Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858) in Gnezdilov & O'Brien, 2008a: 25.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: raising, elevating

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1910a) Rhynchotal notes. -- L. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 5, 297–322.
  • Gnezdilov, V.M. & O'Brien, L.B. (2008a) New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea). Insecta Mundi, 31, 1–26.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanoloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Walker, F. (1858c) Addenda. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman. pp. 308–369.

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