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Species

Opistharsostethus walkeri Metcalf, 1955

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Cercopis dorsalis Walker, 1869b: 283.
  • Cercopis dorsalis Walker, 1869 (primary homonym of Cercopis dorsalis Walker, 1851)
  • Opistarsostethus [sic] walkeri Metcalf, 1955 (incorrect original spelling of Opistharsostethus walkeri Metcalf, 1955)
  • Opistarsostethus [sic] dorsalis (Walker, 1869) in Lallemand & Synave, 1961a: 79.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
  • Walker, F. (1869b) Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. (Continued from p. 193). Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 10(45), 276–330. [1870; January 8, 1869] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1869.tb00663.x
  • Butler, A.G. (1874b) Revision of the homopterous genera Cosmoscarta and Phymatostetha, with description of new species. Cistula Entomologica, 1, 245–270 + pl. VIII.
  • Schmidt, E. (1911e) Neue und bekannte Gattungen und Arten der Subfamilie Cercopinae Stål des intoaustralischen Faunengebietes, ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cercopiden. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). III. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 72, 52–129.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1955a) New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 45(8), 262–267.
  • Lallemand, V. & Synave, H. (1961a) Revision des Cercopinae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Mémoires. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 66, 1–153 + pls. I-XI. [in French]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Francis Augustus Walker (1809–1874), an entomologist, British Museum (Natural History) (U.K., London)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045