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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Centrochares ridleyanus Distant, 1915b: 328.

    Lectotype; female; NHMUK 015028874; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Singapore, H.N. Ridley, 1902

  • Centrochares ridleyana Distant, 1915 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965a: 292.
  • Centrochares ridleyanum [sic] Distant, 1915 in Cheong, 2011
  • Centrochares ridleyanum [sic] Distant, 1915 (misspelling of Centrochares ridleyanus Distant, 1915) in Cheong, 2011

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Broomfield, P.S. (1971a) A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 25, Issue 8, 325–386 pp.
  • Cheong, L.F. (2011) Insect conservation in Singapore - an assessment. Proceedings of Nature Society, Singapore’s Conference on Nature Conservation for a Sustainable Singapore, Singapore, October 2011, 29–39.
  • Distant, W.L. (1915b) Rhynochotal notes. -- LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 16, 322–328.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section I. Part 1 - Membracidae: Centrotinae, Platybelinae, Hoplophorioninae, Darninae. USA: Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VI + 743 p.
  • Tan, V. & Hwang, W.S. (2026) The treehoppers (Hemiptera, Membracidae) of Singapore: An annotated checklist, new records, and an illustrated identification key. ZooKeys, 1295, 161–225. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1295.204613
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855-1956), an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023