Xestocephalites, Dietrich & Gonçalves, 2014

Dietrich, Christopher H. & Gonçalves, Ana Clara, 2014, New Baltic amber leafhoppers representing the oldest Aphrodinae and Megophthalminae (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 74, pp. 1-13 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2014.74
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EF7DE41B-DDA5-48B8-8135-AB012C9C512A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851795
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D2E3FA1-905A-4892-AF4F-DCD7CFC9F04F
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:3D2E3FA1-905A-4892-AF4F-DCD7CFC9F04F
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Xestocephalites
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Xestocephalites View in CoL gen. nov.

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Type-species

Xestocephalites balticus View in CoL sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Same as for Xestocephalites balticus sp. nov., due to monotypy of this genus.

Etymology

The genus name, a masculine Latin noun, was formed by replacing the suffix of Xestocephalus , a related modern genus, with - ites (“stone”), a common suffix used to designate fossil taxa.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SubOrder	Auchenorrhyncha
InfraOrder	Cicadomorpha
SuperFamily	Membracoidea
Family	Cicadellidae
SubFamily	Megophthalminae
Tribe	Xestocephalini

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