genus

Pelitropis Van Duzee, 1908

Descendants and synonyms

Pelitropis Van Duzee, 1908d: 474.
type species by original monotypy Pelitropis rotulata Van Duzee, 1908
Pelptiosus [sic] Van Duzee, 1908 in Valdés Ragués, 1910a: 443.

Pelptiosus [sic] Van Duzee, 1908 (misspelling of Pelitropis Van Duzee, 1908) in Valdés Ragués, 1910a: 443.
Pelitropis Van Duzee, 1908 (classified as Neotangiina Fennah, 1982) in Fennah, 1982a: 638.

Fennah, R.G. (1982a) A tribal classification of the Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea), with the description of a new species on tea in Malaysia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 72, 631–643.
Valdés Ragués, P. (1910a) Classification Gundlach de Hemipteros Cubanos, Conforme a los Ejemplares que Existen en el Museo del Instituto de 2a. Enseéñanza de la Habana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana, 46, 425–446.

Van Duzee, E.P. (1908d) Studies in North American Fulgoridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1907, 467–498.

type species by original monotypy of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πέλεκυς (battle axe) + τρόπις (keel)

No descendants observations found