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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Anchon Buckton, 1903

Anchon Buckton, 1903: _Anchon nodicornis_. (Otu).
Anchon Buckton, 1903: _Anchon nodicornis_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Anchon Buckton, 1903a: 214.

    type species by original monotypy Centrotus nodicornis Germar, 1835

  • Euxiphopoeus Goding, 1930b: 26.

    type species by original monotypy Euxiphopoeus nodosus Goding, 1930

  • Euxiphopoeus Goding, 1930 (subjective synonym of Anchon Buckton, 1903) in Jacobi, 1944a: 32.

Type

Centrotus nodicornis Germar, 1835 type species by original monotypy of Anchon Buckton, 1903

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ἀγκών (bend, elbow)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • Goding, F.W. (1930b) Membracidae in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates, 421, 1–27.
  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1944a) Die Zikadenfauna der Provinz Fukien in Sudchina und ihre tiergeographischen Beziehungen. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 34, 5–66.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species4603682