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Habitus, lateral view on Enchenopa bicuspis Walker, 1851 now Enchenopa altissima (Fairmaire, 1846): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Enchenopa bicuspis Walker, 1851 now Enchenopa altissima (Fairmaire, 1846): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Membracis altissima Fairmaire, 1846a: 252. (nomen dubium in Strümpel & Strümpel, 2014a: 9)
  • Enchenopa bicuspis Walker, 1851a: 487.

    Lectotype; female; 31; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Enchenopa bicuspis Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Membracis altissima Fairmaire, 1846) in Goding, 1928e: 210.
  • Enchenopa (Enchenopa) altissima (Fairmaire, 1846) in Goding, 1928e: 208.

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.
  • 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.]
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  • 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]
  • Goding, F.W. (1928e) Membracidae of South America and Antilles, III. Subfamily Membracinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 36, 201–234.
  • Strümpel, H. & Strümpel, R. (2014a) Revision der amerikanischen Membracidengattung Enchenopa (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha: Membracidae) mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg., 17(191), 1–137.
  • 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: highest

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045