Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Cilidius Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025: 37.

    type species by original designation Cixius vicarius Walker, 1851

Type

Cixius vicarius Walker, 1851 type species by original designation of Cilidius Hendrix & Bartlett, 2025

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: cilia (eyelash, plural of cilium) + -idius (Greek: -ίδιον, diminutive suffix) (referring to the many small lash-like processes of the ventral eadeagal processes)

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Hendrix, S.V. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) Reclassification of the planthopper genus Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), primarily north of Mexico, with notes on American Pentastirini. Zootaxa, 5619(1), 1–87. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5619.1.1

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species18216