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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Sextius virescens (Fairmaire, 1847)

Nymph on Sextius virescens (Fairmaire, 1847): (Observation).
Nymph on Sextius virescens (Fairmaire, 1847): (Observation).
Nymph on Sextius virescens (Fairmaire, 1847): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Centrotus virescens Fairmaire, 1847b: 515.
  • Ceresa suffusa Walker, 1851a: 530.

    Holotype; female; e4f32320-4ddd-4911-a9c2-aa613005d098; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Ceresa suffusa Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Centrotus virescens Fairmaire, 1847) in Goding, 1903a: 10.
  • Sextius virescens suffusus (Walker, 1851) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 376.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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.
  • 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]
  • Goding, F.W. (1903a) A monograph of the Australian Membracidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 28(1), 2–41.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Stål, C. (1866c) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 381–394.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: greenish, verdant

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045