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Habitus, dorsal view on Balocha Distant, 1908: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Balocha Distant, 1908: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Balocha Distant, 1908: Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Balocha Distant, 1908: Head/Face. (Observation).
Other on Balocha Distant, 1908: Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Balocha Distant, 1908g: 189.

    type species by original designation Balocha tricolor Distant, 1908

  • Idiocerinus Baker, 1915c: 341.

    type species by original designation Idiocerinus melichari Baker, 1915

  • Idiocerinus Baker, 1915 (subjective synonym of Balocha Distant, 1908) in Maldonado Capriles, 1961a: 300.
  • Balocha Distant, 1908 (classified as Balocerini Xue, Dietrich & Zhang, 2020) in Xue, Dietrich & Zhang, 2020: 696.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Baker, C.F. (1915c) Studies in Philippine Jassoidea: IV. The Idiocerini of the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 10, 317–343.
  • 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.]
  • Maldonado Capriles, J. (1961a) Studies on Idiocerinae leafhoppers: I. Idiocerinus Baker, 1915, synonym of Balocha Distant, 1908, and notes on the species of Balocha. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 63(4), 300–308.
  • Xue, Q.-Q., Dietrich, C.H. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2020) Phylogeny and classification of the leafhopper subfamily Eurymelinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) inferred from molecules and morphology. Systematic Entomology, 45(3), 687–702. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12425

Type

type species by original designation of Balocha Distant, 1908

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Balocha (Pakistan)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species1601127
Subspecies2013