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Genus

Tricoceps Buckton, 1903

Tricoceps Buckton, 1903: _Tricoceps brunnipennis_. (Otu).
Tricoceps Buckton, 1903: _Tricoceps brunnipennis_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (18)

  • Tricoceps Buckton, 1903a: 249.

    type species by original monotypy Centrotus brunnipennis Germar, 1835

  • Trichoceps [sic] Buckton, 1903a: 270.
  • Euxiphopoeus Goding, 1930 (subjective synonym of Tricoceps Buckton, 1903) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965a: 497.
  • Tshaka Distant, 1908 (subjective synonym of Tricoceps Buckton, 1903) in Capener, 1966a: 1716.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908h) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Homoptera. In Insecta Transvaaliensia. A contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of South Africa. F. Edwards. London. Vol. 9, pp. 205–228 + pls. XX-XXI.
  • Distant, W.L. (1912b) New genera and species of Rhynchota (Homoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 9, 640–652.
  • Distant, W.L. (1916c) Rhynchotal notes. - LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 17, 313–330.
  • Goding, F.W. (1930b) Membracidae in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates, 421, 1–27.
  • Goding, F.W. (1930a) New Membracidae, X. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 38(2), 89–92.
  • Goding, F.W. (1932a) The Membracidae of Africa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 40, 205–238.
  • Capener, A.L. (1952b) Notes on the classification of certain African Membracidae with the addition of three new genera and four new species (Hemipt.-Homopt.). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 15(2), 101–121.
  • 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.
  • Capener, A.L. (1966a) Contribution à la fauna du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. XLI. Homoptères Membracidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 28(4), 1708–1719.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Tricoceps Buckton, 1903

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: θρίξ, τριχος (hair) + Latin: ceps (head)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species3004070