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Species

Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851)

Habitus, dorsal view on Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 now Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 now Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 now Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 now Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Other on Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 now Alchisme apicalis (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Umbonia apicalis Walker, 1851a: 518.

    Holotype; female; 47 25; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Columbia

  • Triquetra apicalis (Walker, 1851) in Fowler, 1894c: 33.
  • Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929d: 171.

    Holotype; male; 2b85da9e-d209-42cd-a077-144dd40d9fbb; deposited at: North Carolina State University Insect Collection (NCSU);

  • Alchisme costaricensis Goding, 1929 (subjective synonym of Umbonia apicalis Walker, 1851) in Creão-Duarte & Sakakibara, 1997c: 461.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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.
  • Creão-Duarte, A.J. & Sakakibara, A.M. (1997c) Revisão de Alchisme Kirkaldy (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Membracinae, Hoplophorionini). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 14(2), 425–472.
  • 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, Issue 1, pp. 25–56 + pls. 3–4. [xii + 339 pp. + 21 pls.]
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929d) New Membracidae, IX. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 37, 171–174.
  • 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: apical

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