[NatureNS] treehopper discoverers-dates site?

From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:42:08 -0300
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Hi Steve,

Nomina Nearctica has such information for all North American insects.  
The table of contents page takes you to all orders of insects:

http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/nomina.htm

Heteroptera
	http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/heterop.htm
Homoptera
	http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/hemips/homop.htm

Cheers!

Chris


On 21-Sep-10, at 1:15 PM, Steve Shaw wrote:

> A while back, Chris Majka put me on to a site where one can check  
> the current approved 2-part Latin name of a N. American fly (Nomina  
> Diptera Nearctica).  The lists of names there also come, usefully,  
> with the name of the individual who first named that species, and  
> the date of this.
>
> Does Chris or anyone else know a site that works similarly for bugs,  
> Hemiptera-Heteroptera?  My colleague is back here looking at jumping  
> feats in jumping bugs (actually treehoppers, Membracidae) for which  
> we think we know the genus+species names for several species, but  
> don't know the discoverer/date.  BugGuide.net doesn't give this info.
>
> Also, has anybody recently come across, in the same group, any  
> buffalo treehoppers recently (Ceresa tauriniformis), a rather large  
> spectacular green insect with 2 `horns` at the front that inhabits  
> low vegetation?  I found a couple last year at this date, but we  
> have drawn a blank so far this year.
> Steve
>
>
>



Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia,  
Canada

* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm
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* Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html

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name of the individual who first named that species, and the date of =
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for bugs, Hemiptera-Heteroptera? &nbsp;My colleague is back here looking =
at jumping feats in jumping bugs (actually treehoppers, Membracidae) for =
which we think we know the genus+species names for several species, but =
don't know the discoverer/date. &nbsp;BugGuide.net doesn't give this =
info.<br><br>Also, has anybody recently come across, in the same group, =
any buffalo treehoppers recently (Ceresa tauriniformis), a rather large =
spectacular green insect with 2 `horns` at the front that inhabits low =
vegetation? &nbsp;I found a couple last year at this date, but we have =
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