Species

Oxyrhachis rufescens Walker, 1851

Descendants and synonyms

Oxyrhachis rufescens Walker, 1851a: 506.
Holotype; female; 83eee707-afd8-4bd2-b45c-7f95ebaad1a3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Oxyrhachis rudis Walker, 1851a: 509.
Lectotype; male; 749f2975-bf7e-4efc-ac47-c404fe031e7f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India, West Bengal: N. Bengal

Oxyrhachis rudis Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis rufescens Walker, 1851) in Distant, 1916a: 146.

Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
Distant, W.L. (1916a) Rhynchota - Vol. VI. Homoptera: Appendix. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Taylor and Francis. London. Vol. 6, pp. i-vii + 1–248.

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.
Ananthasubramanian, K.S. (1996a) Fauna of India. Homoptera Membracidae. Asian Printers, Calcutta, xviii + 534 pp. + IX pls.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: reddish

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
Species	1	0	1	2