Species

Cladonota (Cladonota) ridicula (Walker, 1858)

Descendants and synonyms

Sphongophorus ridiculus Walker, 1858a: 64.
Lectotype; adult; 50a4439a-4907-41de-9798-5a995fce8c3b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Amazonas
Sphongophorus (Cladonota) ridiculus Walker, 1858 in Stål, 1870: 273.

Walker, F. (1858a) Homoptera. In Insecta saudersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders. Esq. John Van Voorst. London. pp. 1–117.
Stål, C. (1870) Bidrag till membracidernas kännedom. In Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Tjugondesjette årgången 1869. Stockholm, Norstedt & Soner. pp. 231–300.

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.
McKamey, S.H. (1998a) Taxonomic catalogue of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers): second supplement to fascicle I – Membracidae of the General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 60, 1–377.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: absurd, ridiculous

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
Species	1	0	3	4