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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Idiocerus nereias Kirkaldy, 1907d: 34.

    Lectotype; male; 99c62773-6f4d-40cf-a51a-a590ffbca33e; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, New South Wales: Sydney, January 1905, Koebele

  • Idiocerus fucatus Evans, 1942g: 150.

    Holotype; female; 67e86218-a6b7-4175-bc98-ea8131a56690; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Western Australia: Dedari, 40 miles W. of Coolgardie, Mr. R.E. Turner, 11-21.I.1936

  • Idiocerus fucatus Evans, 1942 (subjective synonym of Idiocerus nereias Kirkaldy, 1907) in Webb, 1983a: 42.
  • Zaletta nereias (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Webb, 1983a: 42.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Day, M.F.C. & Fletcher, M.J. (1994a) An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 8(5), 1117–1288.
  • Evans, J.W. (1942g) New leaf-hoppers (Homoptera, Jassoidea) from Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 27, 143–163. [1941]
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Webb, M.D. (1983a) Revision of the Australian Idiocerinae (Hemiptera: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 92, 1–147.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Nereids (Greek mythology), nymphs of sea and seashores

Stats

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