NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dilobopterus laetus (Walker, 1851)
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
- Dilobopterus laetus (Walker, 1851)
- Name authority
- (Walker, 1851)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Dilobopterus
- 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
- subfamilyCicadellinae Latreille, 1825
- tribeCicadellini Latreille, 1825
- genusDilobopterus Signoret, 1850
- speciesDilobopterus laetus (Walker, 1851)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dilobopterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dilobopterus bracteatulus (Jacobi, 1905) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus chiriquensis (Fowler, 1899) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus cynthia (Fowler, 1899) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus demissus (Fabricius, 1803) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus fastuosus (Fabricius, 1803) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus guadulpensis (Lethierry, 1881) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus jemima (Distant, 1908) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus lineosus (Fowler, 1899) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus mosaicus (Fowler, 1899) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus nelsoni Quintas, Felix, Lima & Mejdalani, 2017 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus obliquatulus (Jacobi, 1905) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dilobopterus politus (Schmidt, 1928) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Tettigonia laeta Walker, 1851 Walker, 1851 | ambiguous synonym |
| Dilobopterus fervens Walker, 1851 Walker, 1851 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Pará
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.
- Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907. 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:365PF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.