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Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Deltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899
- Name authority
- Ball, 1899
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Deltocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
- infraorderCicadomorpha Evans, 1946
- parvorderClypeata Qadri, 1967
- superfamilyMembracoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- familyCicadellidae Latreille, 1825
- subfamilyDeltocephalinae Fieber, 1869
- tribeDeltocephalini Fieber, 1869
- genusDeltocephalus Burmeister, 1838
- speciesDeltocephalus castoreus Ball, 1899
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Deltocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Deltocephalus barcalus DeLong, 1984 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus beomus Kramer, 1971 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus brunnescens Distant, 1908 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus contrerasi Van Duzee, 1923 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus cotula (Cogan, 1916) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus fuscinervosus Van Duzee, 1894 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus immaculipennis (Blanchard, 1852) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus jacintus DeLong, 1984 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus lineatifrons Oman, 1931 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus minutulus Förster, 1891 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Deltocephalus mystax Hamilton & Ross, 1975 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deltocephalus posadai Kramer, 1965 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Deltocephalus (Deltocephalus) castoreus Ball, 1899 Ball, 1899 | synonym |
| Acocephalus giffardi Van Duzee, 1917 Van Duzee, 1917 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
British Columbia
Yukon
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
California
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ball, E.D. (1899d) Some new Deltocephalinae (Jassidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 31, 306–310. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34K74. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.