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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Batracomorphus protesilaus Knight, 1983b: 109.

    Holotype; male; No. 12,546; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Borneo: Sabah, Tawau, Quoin Hill, Cocoa Research Station, 20.viii.1962, Y. Hirashima

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 Protesilaus (Greek: Πρωτεσίλᾱος), in Greek mythology, a hero in the Iliad who was venerated at cult sites in Thessaly and Thrace

Stats

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