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Habitus, dorsal view on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).
Head on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).
Nymph on Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Enchenopa sericea Walker, 1851a: 494.

    Holotype; female; ceff0bdc-a4a0-47b5-96a0-228532467f4a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Venezuela

  • Membracis sericea (Walker, 1851) in Dohrn, 1859a: 77.
  • Enchenopa (Enchenopa) sericea Walker, 1851 in Goding, 1928e: 210.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Goding, F.W. (1928e) Membracidae of South America and Antilles, III. Subfamily Membracinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 36, 201–234.
  • 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: silky

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023