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Species

Philya bicolor Walker, 1858

Habitus, dorsal view on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Habitus ventral view on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Head on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).
Other on Philya elephas (Stål, 1862) now Philya bicolor Walker, 1858: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Philya bicolor Walker, 1858b: 126.

    Lectotype; male; dc018774-a9e3-494b-b028-40626bc695af; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Constancia, January 1857, H. Clark

  • Membracis elephas Stål, 1862: 23.
  • Membracis elephas Stål, 1862 (subjective synonym of Philya bicolor Walker, 1858) in Goding, 1928e: 226.
  • Philya lituus Fowler, 1894 (subjective synonym of Philya bicolor Walker, 1858) in Goding, 1928e: 226.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 1860]
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1870) Bidrag till membracidernas kännedom. In Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Tjugondesjette årgången 1869. Stockholm, Norstedt & Soner. pp. 231–300.
  • Fowler, W.W. (1894b) Order Rhynchota: Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. 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. 1–24 + pls. 1–2. [xii + 339 pp. + 21 pls.]
  • 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.]
  • Goding, F.W. (1928e) Membracidae of South America and Antilles, III. Subfamily Membracinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 36, 201–234.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: of two colors

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056