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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Tricoceps tenuosus Capener, 1953a: 46.

    Holotype; female; cc6a913c-027f-4fea-8d5b-479f3fd3076f; deposited at: Instituto Fondamental d’Afrique Noir, Dakar, Senegal (IFAN); Collected by Dr. A. Villiers at Mont Nimba N.E., 500-700m (Guinée français), 1-20:IX:1946

  • Tricoceps tenuosa Capener, 1953 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965a: 502.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Capener, A.L. (1953a) Some Membracidae from West Africa, including descriptions of a new genus and eight new species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 16, 36–50.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: somewhat thin

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012