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Genus

Darnis Fabricius, 1803

Darnis Fabricius, 1803: _Darnis lateralis_. (Otu).
Darnis Fabricius, 1803: _Darnis lateralis_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Darnis Fabricius, 1803a: 25.

    type species by subsequent designation Membracis lateralis Coquebert de Montbret, 1801 in Kirkaldy, 1900c: 263

  • Darmis [sic] Fabricius, 1803 in Rafinesque, 1815a: 121.
  • Darnis (Cryptoptera) Stål, 1869 (subjective synonym of Darnis Fabricius, 1803) in Goding, 1929e: 214.
  • Darnis Fabricius, 1803 (classified as Darnides Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in González-Mozo, Dietrich, Cao, Newton & Ware, 2025: 897.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
  • Rafinesque, C.S. (1815a) Analyse de la nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. Palerme, 224 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106607
  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
  • Blanchard, C.É. (1840a) Homoptères. In Histoire naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Nèvroptères, Hémiptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. P. Duménil. Imprimerie de Terzuolo. Paris. Vol. 3, pp. 163–201, 9–15 pls. [672 pp. + 71 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. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.
  • Uhler, P.R. (1877b) Report upon the Hemiptera collected during the years 1874 and 1875, by Mr. P.R. Uhler. Annual report upon the geographical surveys west of the one-hundredth meridian in the states and territories of California, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Arixona, Colorado, Idago, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Washington. Appendix NN of the Annual report of the chief of engineers for, 1877, 1322–1334.
  • Goding, F.W. (1893a) Bibliographical and synonymical catalogue of the described Membracidae of North America. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 3, 391–482.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900c) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Rhynchota, Heteroptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. Entomologist, 33, 262–265.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929e) The Membracidae of South America and the Antilles. IV. Subfamilies Hoplophorioninae, Darninae, Smiliinae, Tragopinae (Homoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 55, 197–330.
  • González-Mozo, L.C., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Newton, L.G. & Ware, J.L. (2025) Evolution of defensive strategies in the treehopper tribe Darnini (Hemiptera: Membracidae) revisited using anchored hybrid enrichment data. Systematic Entomology, 50(4), 886–902. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12688

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Darnis Fabricius, 1803

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Darnis (now Derna, Libya)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1078
Species702027