Species
Balocha xantho (Kirkaldy, 1907)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Idiocerus xantho Kirkaldy, 1907d: 33.
Lectotype; male; 97d4f9a4-0711-4420-bfd4-7731e5ab8763; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, Queensland: Cairns, Kuranda, August 1904, Perkins
- Idiocerus zantho [sic] (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Evans, 1936: 79.
- Idiocerus zantho [sic] (Kirkaldy, 1907) (misspelling of Idiocerus xantho Kirkaldy, 1907) in Evans, 1936: 79.
- Balocha xantho (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Webb, 1983a: 58.
Nomenclature references (3)
- Evans, J.W. (1936) The Bythoscopidae of Australia (Homoptera, Jassoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1935, 61–83. [1935]
- 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 Xantho (Greek mythology), one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |