Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Membracoidea
Familia: Cicadellidae
Subfamilia: Cicadellinae
Tribus: Proconiini
Genus: Zyzzogeton
Species: Z. emmrichi – Z. guatemalensis – Z. haenschi – Z. quadrimaculata – Z. viridipennis
Name
Zyzzogeton Breddin, 1902
Type species: Zyzzogeton haenschi Breddin, 1902
References
Mejdalani, G., L.A.A. Costa & R.A. Carvalho 2008: Two new species of Zyzzogeton Breddin and the female of Z. haenschi Breddin (Hemiptera: Cicadellinae: Proconiini). Journal of Natural History 42(23-24), 1639-1648. DOI: 10.1080/00222930802109116
Zyzzogeton is a rare genus of leafhoppers endemic to South America. It is named after a former genus Zyzza (probably an onomatopoeia), appended with the ancient Greek geitōn (γείτων ‘neighbour’).[1]
The word is known for being the last word defined in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Unabridged released in September 1961. It also appears in the 1939 Second edition, and is still present in current versions.
Species
Zyzzogeton haenschi Breddin, 1902
Zyzzogeton quadrimaculata Nielson & Godoy, 1995
Zyzzogeton viridipennis (Latreille, 1809)
See also
Zyzzyva, a weevil, another "last entry"
References
Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary: “\ˌzizəˈjēˌtän\ NL, fr. Zyzza, genus of leafhoppers in former classifications (prob. of imit. origin) + Gk geitōn neighbor.”
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