genus

Drabescus Stål, 1870

Descendants and synonyms

Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870c: 738. (valid in Dmitriev, 2024)
type species by original monotypy Bythoscopus remotus Walker, 1851
Tylissus Stål, 1870c: 739.
type species by original monotypy Tylissus nitens Stål, 1870
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Tylissus Stål, 1870 (subjective synonym of Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 23.
Selenocephalus (Drabescus) Stål, 1870 (subjective synonym of Tylissus Stål, 1870) in Dmitriev, 2024

Bythoscopus remotus Walker, 1851 type species by original monotypy of Drabescus Stål, 1870

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Draviskos (Greek: Δραβήσκος), a village in Serres regional unit, located 45 km southeast of the city of Serres (Greece)

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Atkinson, E.F.T. (1885b) Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 3. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 54(2), 76–117.
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Takei, T. (1924a) [Insects native to Numata in Gunma Prefecture.]. The Insect World, 28, 411–414.
Zhang, Y.-L. & Webb, M.D. (1996a) A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 65(1), 1–103.