subfamily
Megophthalminae Kirkaldy, 1906 [1859]
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Megophthalminae Kirkaldy, 1906 [1859] in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 296.
type genus Megophthalmus Curtis, 1833
- Megophthalminae Kirkaldy, 1906 [1859] (validated as replacement for family-group name based on genus synonym before 1961 for Paropidae Dohrn, 1859) in Oshanin, 1906a: 47.
Type
Megophthalmus Curtis, 1833 type genus of Megophthalminae Kirkaldy, 1906 [1859]
Nomenclature references (2)
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
- Oshanin, V.T. (1906a) Verzeichnis der palaearktischen Hemipteren, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer Verteilung im Russischen Reiche. II. Band. Homoptera. I. Lieferung. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 11, i-xvi, 1–192.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| subfamily | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| tribe | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| subtribe | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| genus | 79 | 1 | 45 | 125 |
| subgenus | 6 | 0 | 12 | 18 |
| species | 744 | 6 | 585 | 1335 |
| subspecies | 18 | 0 | 22 | 40 |