Species
Batracomorphus (Batracomorphus) geryon Knight, 1983
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Batracomorphus geryon Knight, 1983b: 161.
Holotype; male; 56b0fccd-a85b-469d-b2cc-3c75eba91f31; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Madang District, Finisterre Mts, Damanti, 1082 m, 2-11.X.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 Geryon (Greek: Γηρυών), in Greek mythology, a son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus, was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |