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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Selenocephalus leimonias Linnavuori, 1969a: 1166.

    Holotype; male; 9f2bafb6-d87f-4349-9d1c-3778f1c86433; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sibiti, 3.41S, 13.21E, XI-1963, Mission A. Descarpentries & A. Villiers

  • Kumba leimonias (Linnavuori, 1969) in Linnavuori & Al-Ne'amy, 1983a: 89.
  • Bumka leimonias (Linnavuori, 1969) in McKamey, 2003b: 450.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Linnavuori, R.E. & Al-Ne'amy, K.T. (1983a) Revision of the African Cicadellidae (subfamily Selenocephalinae) (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 168, 1–105.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1969a) Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries XCIII. Hemipteres Hylicidae et Cicadellidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 31(4), 1129–1185.
  • Lozada, P.W. & Bourgoin, T. (2000) Especímenes tipo de Cicadellidae en la coleccíon del Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Hemiptera). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 22(1), 17–36. [in Spanish; Castilian]
  • 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 Leimoniads, or Leimakids: in Greek Mythology were nymphs of meadows

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023