Genus
Tengirhinus Ishihara, 1953
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Tengirhinus Ishihara, 1953 in Ishihara, Miyatake, Hisamatsu, Edashige & Sasaki, 1953a: 115.
type species by original designation Tengirhinus tengu Ishihara, 1953
Nomenclature references (1)
- Ishihara, T., Miyatake, M., Hisamatsu, S., Edashige, T. & Sasaki, K. (1953a) The insect fauna of Mt. Ishizuchi and Omogo Valley, Iyo, Japan. Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 3(Suppl.), 1–137.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Tengu (Japanese: 天狗), in Japanese folk religion, a legendary creature traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics and very long nose + Greek: ῥίς, ῥῑνός (nose)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |