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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Batracomorphus eriphyle Knight, 1983b: 150.

    Holotype; male; 29d08819-70f1-4905-80c9-15da934c831a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Madang District, Finisterre Mts, Moro, 1692 m, 30.x-15.xi.1964, M.E. Bacchus

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Knight, W.J. (1983b) The leafhopper genus Batracomorphus (Cicadellidae, Iassinae) in the eastern Oriental and Australian regions. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 47(2), 27–210.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Eriphyle (Greek: Ἐριφύλη), in Greek mythology, a woman who in exchange for a necklace given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to undertake the raid which precipitated the Seven Against Thebes

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001