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genus

Hebetica Stål, 1869

Hebetica Stål, 1869: _Hebetica limacodes_. (Otu).
Hebetica Stål, 1869: _Hebetica limacodes_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Darnis (Hebetica) Stål, 1869a: 32.

    type species by subsequent designation Darnis limacodes Burmeister, 1836 in Buckton, 1902a: 119

  • Hebetica (Hebetica) Stål, 1869 in Fowler, 1894c: 53.
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  • Hebetiea [sic] Stål, 1869 (misspelling of Darnis (Hebetica) Stål, 1869) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965a: 588.
  • Darnis (Hebetica) Stål, 1869 (classified as Darnides Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in González-Mozo, Dietrich, Cao, Newton & Ware, 2025: 897.

Type

Darnis limacodes Burmeister, 1836 type species by subsequent designation of Hebetica Stål, 1869

Image matrix

No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Hebe (Greek Ἥβη, "youth, prime of life"), in Greek mythology, the goddess of youth, a daughter of Zeus and Hera + -ικός (belonging to, derived from)

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1902a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 93–180, pls. XXIX-XXXVIII.
  • Fowler, W.W. (1894c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, pp. 25–56.
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  • Goding, F.W. (1926e) Classification of the Membracidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 34, 295–317.
  • 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
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section I. Part 1 - Membracidae: Centrotinae, Platybelinae, Hoplophorioninae, Darninae. USA: Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VI + 743 p.
  • 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.

Stats

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
genus1045
species50813