genus
Macropsis Lewis, 1834
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Macropsis Lewis, 1834a: 49. (Official List of Generic Names in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961b: 249)
type species by ruling by the Commission Iassus prasinus Boheman, 1852
Type
Iassus prasinus Boheman, 1852 type species by ruling by the Commission of Macropsis Lewis, 1834
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: μακρός (large) + όψις (face)
Nomenclature references (2)
- International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1961b) Opinion 603. Macropsis Lewis, 1834 (Insecta: Hemiptera); designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 18, 249–251.
- Lewis, R.H. (1834a) Descriptions of some new genera of British Homoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 47–52.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| subgenus | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| species | 253 | 2 | 514 | 769 | |
| subspecies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |