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Centrotypus belus (Buckton, 1903)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Otinotus belus Buckton, 1903a: 232.
  • Centrotypus asmodeus Distant, 1908g: 36.

    Lectotype; male; 99d4aefa-0371-413f-ad6e-16e07a7c72f1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Myanmar: Tenasserim Valley, Myitta, Doherty

  • Centrotypus asmodeus Distant, 1908 (subjective synonym of Otinotus belus Buckton, 1903) in Goding, 1950a: 127.
  • Centrotypus belus (Buckton, 1903) in Goding, 1950a: 125.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Belus (Greek: Βῆλος), in Babylonian mythology, god of war, Bel Marduk, often identified with Greek Zeus and Latin Jupiter as Zeus Belos or Jupiter Belus

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. 39–60.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Goding, F.W. (1950a) The Old World Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 58, 117–129.

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