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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Batracomorphus orithyia Knight, 1983b: 167.

    Holotype; male; 0a7b7cfe-e4b3-440f-9868-64399cd55c7f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Guinea: Irian Jaya, Waigeu, Camp Nok, 762 m, v.1938, L.E. Cheesman

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 Orithyia (Greek: Ὠρείθυια), in Greek mythology, the Nereid of the "raging" sea

Stats

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