Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Limentinus Distant, 1917: 316.

    type species by original monotypy Limentinus aldabranus Distant, 1917

Type

Limentinus aldabranus Distant, 1917 type species by original monotypy of Limentinus Distant, 1917

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Limentinus, in Roman mythology, a minor god; from Latin: limen, liminis (threshold)

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Distant, W.L. (1917) Rhynchota. Part II: Suborder Homoptera. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 17, 273–322.

Stats

Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus1001
species90110
subspecies2035