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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Drionia Ball, 1915

Head on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, head, laterally. (Observation).
Head on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, head, laterally. (Observation).
Head on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, face. (Observation).
Head on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, head, pronotum, and mesonotum, dorsally. (Observation).
Forewing on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Drionia Ball, 1915: Drionia nigra, hindwing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Drionia Ball, 1915a: 167.

    type species by original designation Drionia nigra Ball, 1915

  • Drionea [sic] Ball, 1915 in Van Duzee, 1916a: 89.
  • Drionea [sic] Ball, 1915 (misspelling of Drionia Ball, 1915) in Van Duzee, 1916a: 89.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Ball, E.D. (1915a) New genera and species of Acocephalinae (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 28, 165–168.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.

Type

type species by original designation of Drionia Ball, 1915

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

concatenation of Driotura + Nionia

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species1012