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NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915
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
- Draeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915
- Name authority
- Van Duzee, 1915
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Draeculacephala
- 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
- genusDraeculacephala Ball, 1900
- speciesDraeculacephala balli Van Duzee, 1915
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Draeculacephala. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Draeculacephala angulifera (Walker, 1851) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala antica (Walker, 1851) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala bradleyi Van Duzee, 1915 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala californica Davidson & Frazier, 1949 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala crassicornis Van Duzee, 1915 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala floridana Ball, 1900 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala inscripta Van Duzee, 1915 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black-ledged sharpshooterDraeculacephala noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala robinsoni Hamilton, 1967 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala soluta Gibson, 1919 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Draeculacephala tucumanensis Dietrich, 1994 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Draeculacephala (Draeculacephala) balli Van Duzee, 1915 Van Duzee, 1915 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
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.
- Van Duzee, E.P. (1915b) The North American species of Draeculacephala (Homoptera). Entomological News, 26, 176–181. 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:37L5D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.