genus
Aphrophora Germar, 1821
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Aphrophora Germar, 1821a: 48. (Official List of Generic Names in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961e: 109)
type species by ruling by the Commission Cercopis alni Fallén, 1805 in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961e: 109
- Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (classified as Aphrophorides Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in Hamilton, 2016a: 205.
Type
Cercopis alni Fallén, 1805 type species by ruling by the Commission of Aphrophora Germar, 1821
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: ἀφρός (foam) + φορά (to bear, show, have)
Nomenclature references (3)
- Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
- Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016a) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae. Zootaxa, 4169(2), 201–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
- International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1961e) Opinion 590. Aphrophora Germar, 1821 (Insecta, Hemipera): designation under the plenary powers of a type-species in harmony with accustomed usage. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 18, 109–111.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| subgenus | 3 | 0 | 49 | 52 |
| species | 94 | 12 | 310 | 416 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 |