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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Dwightia alecto Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983a: 26.

    Holotype; male; 6bfa4ca3-c9e2-4bc1-877d-8f9f0958001e; deposited at: Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum], Brno, Czechia (MMBC); Zaire: Bas-Congo, Kimwenza, 1.IV.1956, P. Van Eyen

  • Dwightla alecto (Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983) in McKamey, 2003b: 449.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Linnavuori, R.E. & Al-Ne'amy, K.T. (1983a) Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamily Selenocephalinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 168, 1–105.
  • McKamey, S.H. (2003b) Some new generic names in the Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Deltocephalinae, Selenocephalinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(2), 447–451.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Alecto (Greek: Ἀληκτώ, "the implacable or unceasing anger"), in Greek mythology, one of the Erinyes, or Furies

Stats

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