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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Batracomorphus semele Knight, 1983b: 198.

    Holotype; male; c720d9ea-3be2-4840-b00e-7b75d1349385; 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 Semele (Greek: Σεμέλη), in Greek mythology, daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths

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