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Empoa (Empoa) gillettei Van Duzee, 1917
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
- Empoa (Empoa) gillettei Van Duzee, 1917
- Name authority
- Van Duzee, 1917
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Genus
- Empoa
- 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
- subfamilyTyphlocybinae Kirschbaum, 1868
- tribeTyphlocybini Kirschbaum, 1868
- subtribeTyphlocybina Kirschbaum, 1868
- genusEmpoa Fitch, 1851
- subgenusEmpoa (Empoa) Fitch, 1851
- speciesEmpoa (Empoa) gillettei Van Duzee, 1917
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Empoa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Empoa (Empoa) apicata (McAtee, 1926) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) latifasciata Christian, 1953 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) platana Christian, 1953 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) rubricola Christian, 1954 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) saffrana (McAtee, 1926) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) scripta (McAtee, 1919) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) unifasciata (Hamilton, 1983) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoa) vestita (McAtee, 1926) | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Empoides) omani Dworakowska, 1977 | CicadellidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Empoa (Parempoa) albifascia Anufriev, 1979 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Typhlocyba melanota Osborn, 1928 Osborn, 1928 | synonym |
| Empoa querci var. gillettei Van Duzee, 1917 Van Duzee, 1917 | synonym |
| Typhlocyba bifasciata Gillette & Baker, 1895 Gillette & Baker, 1895 | synonym |
| Typhlocyba (Empoa) gillettei (Van Duzee, 1917) (Van Duzee, 1917) | synonym |
| Typhlocyba gilletei (Van Duzee, 1917) (Van Duzee, 1917) | synonym |
| Typhlocyba querci gillettei (Van Duzee, 1917) (Van Duzee, 1917) | synonym |
| Empoa querci var. gilletti Van Duzee, 1917 Van Duzee, 1917 | synonym |
| Empoa querci bifasciata (Gillette & Baker, 1895) (Gillette & Baker, 1895) | synonym |
| Empoa acericola Christian, 1953 Christian, 1953 | synonym |
| Empoa caryata Christian, 1953 Christian, 1953 | synonym |
| Empoa gillettei Van Duzee, 1917 Van Duzee, 1917 | synonym |
| Typhlocyba gillettii (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.
Alberta
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Québec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manitoba
Colorado
Utah
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Arizona
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Louisiana
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Illinois
Virginia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Maryland
Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maine
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.
- Van Duzee, E.P. (1917b) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology. Berkeley, 2, 1–902. 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:39K2Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.