genus

Tropidaspis Stål, 1869

Tropidaspis Stål, 1869a: 56.
type species by original monotypy Centrotus carinatus Fabricius, 1803
Tropidaspus [sic] Stål, 1869 in Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954a: 142.

Tropidaspus [sic] Stål, 1869 (misspelling of Tropidaspis Stål, 1869) in Brues, Melander & Carpenter, 1954a: 142.

Centrotus carinatus Fabricius, 1803 type species by original monotypy of Tropidaspis Stål, 1869

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: τρόπις (keel) + ἀσπίς (round shield)

Brues, C.T., Melander, A.L. & Carpenter, F.M. (1954a) Classification of insects. Keys to the living and extinct families of insects, and to the living families of other terrestrial arthropods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 108(1), 1–917.
Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.