species

Ptyelus grossus (Fabricius, 1781)

Descendants and synonyms

Cercopis grossa Fabricius, 1781a: 328.
Syntypes; e1d84131-c938-4bdb-a2e8-452897c40c28; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Equatorial Africa: in Africa aequinoctiali

Fabricius, J.C. (1781a) Ryngota. In Species insectorum: exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adjectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Impensis C. E. Bohnii. Hamburgi et Kilonii. Vol. 2, pp. 313–331. [517 pp.]
Zimsen, E. (1964) Hemiptera. In The type materials of I.C. Fabricius. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. pp. 281–354. [656 pp.]

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: large