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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Selenocephalus egregius Stål, 1864b: 66.

    Lectotype; female; NHRS-GULI 000097880; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Myanmar, former Birmah, Stevens

  • Drabescus laetisigna (Distant, 1908) non Walker, 1857 in Distant, 1908g: 307.
  • Roxasella egregia (Stål, 1864) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 20.
  • Auranticopona egregia (Stål, 1864) in Lu, Dietrich, Webb & Zhang, 2025: 31.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Walker, F. (1857b) Catalogue of the homoperous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1, 141–175 + pls. 1, 8.
  • Stål, C. (1864b) Hemiptera nonnulla nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 4(1), 47–68.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • 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.
  • Lu, L., Dietrich, C.H., Webb, M.D. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2025) Revision of the oriental Roxasella leafhopper group: phylogeny, morphological evolution, biogeography, and description of 14 new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(3), 1–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf040
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: extraordinary, remarkable

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034