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Species

Bolbonota (Tubercunota) melaena (Germar, 1835)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Membracis melaena Germar, 1835a: 229.
  • Bolbonota flavicans Fairmaire, 1846a: 258.
  • Bolbonota meleana [sic] Germar, 1835 in Richter, 1942c: 406.
  • Bolbonota meleana [sic] Germar, 1835 (misspelling of Membracis melaena Germar, 1835) in Richter, 1942c: 406.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Fairmaire, L.M.H. (1846a) Revue de la tribu des Membracides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 4(2-3), 235–320. [Publication dates: 2(p. 113-264): October 28, 1846; 3 (p. 265-388): December 23, 1846]
  • 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.
  • Germar, E.F. (1835a) Species Membracidum Musae E. F. Germari. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 3, 223–262.
  • Goding, F.W. (1893b) The Membracidae of St. Vincent Island, W. I. The Canadian Entomologist, 25(2), 53–56.
  • Goding, F.W. (1928e) Membracidae of South America and Antilles, III. Subfamily Membracinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 36, 201–234.
  • Richter, L. (1942c) Catalogo de los membracidos de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 4, 405–409 + pls. I-III.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Melaena, in Greek mythology, a daughter of Cephisus and Liriope, mother of Delphus after whom the city of Delphi was named

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1067