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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Bampurius melichari (Distant, 1913)

Head on Bampurius melichari (Distant, 1913): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Bampurius melichari (Distant, 1913): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bampurius melichari (Distant, 1913): Subgenital plate. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Deltocephalus melichari Distant, 1913f: 467.

    Syntype; female; 944e7666-c409-48b5-85d4-69c8b0875b27; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Algeria

  • Bampurius melichari (Distant, 1913) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 29.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Distant, W.L. (1913f) Expedition to the Central Western Sahara by Ernst Hartert. XIII. Order Rhynchota-Homoptera. Novitates zoologicae., 20, 465–467.
  • Webb, M.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2009a) Annotated check-list, generic key and new species of Old World Deltocephalini leafhoppers with nomenclatorial changes in the Deltocephalus group and other Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2163, 1–64.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Leopold Melichar (1856–1924), an entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera, Moravian Museum (Czech Republic, Brno)

Stats

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