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Species

Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 now Eufrenchia falcata (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (20)

  • Centrotus falcatus Walker, 1851a: 622.

    Holotype; male; 7084242b-7b95-4f0e-a948-c62a626e2706; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Tasmania, former Van Diemen's land

  • Centrotus biturris Walker, 1858b: 164.

    Lectotype; female; 56.85; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Ibiceps falcatus Buckton, 1903 (subjective synonym of Centrotus falcatus Walker, 1851) in Evans, 1966a: 280.
  • Eufrenchia leae Goding, 1903 (subjective synonym of Centrotus falcatus Walker, 1851) in Day, 1999a: 673.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Fairmaire, L.M.H. (1847b) Revue de la tribu des Membracides. (Suite et fin.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 4(4), 479–531 + pl. 3–7. [1846]
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1870) Bidrag till membracidernas kännedom. In Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Tjugondesjette årgången 1869. Stockholm, Norstedt & Soner. pp. 231–300.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • Goding, F.W. (1903a) A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 28(1), 2–41.
  • Distant, W.L. (1916b) Rhynchotal notes. -- LVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 17, 149–159.
  • Goding, F.W. (1926f) Synonymy of Buckton's Australian Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 34, 207–208.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1951a) Homoptera. Fam. Membracidae. In P. Wytsman (Ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles, Desmet-Verteneuil. Vol. 208, pp. 1–383. + pls. XIV. [1950-1952]
  • Evans, J.W. (1966a) The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 12, 1–347.
  • 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.
  • Day, M.F.C. & Fletcher, M.J. (1994a) An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 8(5), 1117–1288.
  • Day, M.F.C. (1999a) The genera of Australian Membracidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 13, 629–747.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: armed with scythes, sickle-shaped, curved, hooked

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species10910