genus

Tartessus Stål, 1865

Descendants and synonyms

Tartessus Stål, 1865b: 156.
type species by subsequent designation Bythoscopus malayus Stål, 1859 in Metcalf, 1946d: 128
Tartesus [sic] Stål, 1865 in Distant, 1908f: 146.

Tartesus [sic] Stål, 1865 (misspelling of Tartessus Stål, 1865) in Distant, 1908f: 146.

Bythoscopus malayus Stål, 1859 type species by subsequent designation of Tartessus Stål, 1865

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Tartessos (Greek: Ταρτησσός), semi-mythical harbor city and culture on the south coast of the Iberian Peninsula near Gades (Cádiz, Spain)

Distant, W.L. (1908f) Rhynchota Malayana. Part 1. Records of the Indian Museum, 2, 127–151.
Metcalf, Z.P. (1946d) Homoptera. Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam. Bulletin Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 189, 105–148.

Stål, C. (1865b) Homoptera nova vel minus cognita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 22, 145–165.