Dorytocus ornithorhynchus Emeljanov et Shcherbakov, 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.354.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8465B86D-73BD-4B6E-816D-9D6B473AE395 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3134E306-DBCC-43C1-B281-DCEAA7D07E92 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:3134E306-DBCC-43C1-B281-DCEAA7D07E92 |
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Felipe |
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Dorytocus ornithorhynchus Emeljanov et Shcherbakov |
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Type species Dorytocus ornithorhynchus Emeljanov et Shcherbakov View in CoL , sp. n.
DIAGNOSIS. Head with long process, especially at late instars. Coryphe narrow triangular, distally tapered up to double carina. Lateral areas of head process (halves of acrometope – on homology, see Discussion) faced laterodorsally.
COMPOSITION. Type species.
REMARKS. The head is produced into a long process in some genera of many extant planthopper families, but such elongation is never characteristic of all genera of any family.
ETYMOLOGY. From the Greek dory (spear) and tocos (offspring); gender masculine.
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