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Empoasca (Empoasca) gibsoni Ross, 1959

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
Empoasca (Empoasca) gibsoni Ross, 1959
Name authority
Ross, 1959
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Empoasca
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
  8. infraorderCicadomorpha Evans, 1946
  9. parvorderClypeata Qadri, 1967
  10. superfamilyMembracoidea Rafinesque, 1815
  11. familyCicadellidae Latreille, 1825
  12. subfamilyTyphlocybinae Kirschbaum, 1868
  13. tribeEmpoascini Distant, 1908
  14. subtribeEmpoascina Distant, 1908
  15. genusEmpoasca Walsh, 1862
  16. subgenusEmpoasca (Empoasca) Walsh, 1862
  17. speciesEmpoasca (Empoasca) gibsoni Ross, 1959

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Empoasca. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Empoasca (Empoasca) anilla Ross, 1959CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) armara Langlitz, 1964CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) cirsia Cunningham & Ross, 1965CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) confusania Ghauri, 1979CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) dominica (Ghauri, 1974)CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) dorsodenticulata Yu & Yang, 2014CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) furcatula Ghauri, 1979CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) gansella Ross, 1959CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) guttiformis Cunningham & Ross, 1965CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) kraemeri Ross & Moore, 1957CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) loreta Ross, 1959CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Empoasca (Empoasca) martorelli Metcalf, 1955CicadellidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Empoasca gibsoni Ross, 1959 Ross, 1959synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

PA

PA

Veracruz

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.

  1. Ross, H.H. (1959a) A survey of the Empoasca fabae complex (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 52(3), 304–316. 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:39KFV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.