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Excerpt from Taxonomic Study of the Cicadellinae, Vol. 1: Proconiini
The Germar collection, it should be noted, was not found in Europe and efforts on the part of European colleagues failed to reveal its location. Perhaps it has been destroyed. In the collection of the Zoologische Institut und Museum in Hamburg are a number of specimens from the Heyer collection, from Luneburg, which appear to be topotypic - a number of them labeled Wahrscheinlich KO type, apparently from the Germar collection. These should be given careful consideration as neotypes if it can finally be concluded that the Germar collection no longer exists. Also, the Spinola collection in Italy was not studied.
The present work was originally intended to be a classification of genera. It soon became apparent to me, however, that enough type material would be available to enable me to present synopses Of species in a number of the genera studied, and these have therefore been included. Genera in this work without keys to species are those in which a great amount of variation occurs in characters usually of specific value. Also, keys have not been prepared for species of those genera which have been revised recently or which are known to be presently undergoing revision by other authors. Appropriate refer ences to such revisions are to be found in the systematic portion of the paper.
In addition to a reclassification of the genera and a key to species whenever possible, the meager biological information available con cerning the included species is given.
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