Species
Batracomorphus (Batracomorphus) thamyris Linnavuori & Quartau, 1975
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Batracomorphus (Batracomorphus) thamyris Linnavuori & Quartau, 1975a: 41.
Holotype; male; 716366f1-b50b-484e-aee5-5f047ae76e33; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); South Sudan, Western Bahr el Ghazal: Wau, 19.II.1963, coll. Linnavuori
Nomenclature references (1)
- Linnavuori, R.E. & Quartau, J.A. (1975a) Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera): Iassinae and Acroponinae. In Études du Continent Africain. Fascicule 3. Fondation pour Favoriser les Recherches Scientifiques en Afrique. Bruxelles. pp. 1–170.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Thamyris (Greek: Θάμυρις), in Greek mythology, son of Philammon and the numph Argiope, a Thracian singer who tried to outsing the Muses, he lost and was blinded as a punishment, they also took away his ability to make poetry and to play the lyre
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |