NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
black-ledged sharpshooter
Draeculacephala noveboracensis (Fitch, 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
- Draeculacephala noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851)
- Name authority
- (Fitch, 1851)
- Common name
- black-ledged sharpshooter
- 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 noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851)
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 balli Van Duzee, 1915 | 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Tettigonia prasina Walker, 1851 Walker, 1851 | ambiguous synonym |
| Aulacizes noveboracensis Fitch, 1851 Fitch, 1851 | synonym |
| Diedrocephala noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Tettigonia (Diedrocephala) noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Diedrocephala novaeboracensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Diedrocephala noveborancensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Draeculacephala novaboracensis Fitch, 1851 Fitch, 1851 | synonym |
| Draeculacephala novaeborancensis Fitch, 1851 Fitch, 1851 | synonym |
| Draeculacephala noveborocensis Fitch, 1851 Fitch, 1851 | synonym |
| Draeculacephala novebororacensis Fitch, 1851 Fitch, 1851 | synonym |
| Tettigonia noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Draeculacephala (Carneocephala) noveboracensis (Fitch, 1851) (Fitch, 1851) | synonym |
| Helochara communis prasina (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.
Alberta
British Columbia
Ontario
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Colorado
Utah
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
Idaho
Washington
Wyoming
California
Missouri
Oregon
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Texas
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Illinois
Vermont
Wisconsin
Maryland
Indiana
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
Michigan
Alaska
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.
- Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69. 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:37L6B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.