Genus
Erechtia Walker, 1858
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (9)
- Erechtia Walker, 1858b: 141.
type species by original monotypy Erechtia bicolor Walker, 1858
- Erecthia [sic] Walker, 1858b: 141.
- Trinaria [sic] Goding, 1926 (misspelling of Ochropepla (Trinarea) Goding, 1926) in Flynn, 2012: 40.
- Ochropepla (Trinarea) Goding, 1926 (subjective synonym of Erechtia Walker, 1858) in Sakakibara, 2012a: 564.
Nomenclature references (6)
- 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.
- Goding, F.W. (1926e) Classification of the Membracidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 34, 295–317.
- Flynn, D.J. (2012) Checklist of treehoppers of Panama (Hemiptera: Membracidae) with a list of checklists and keys to the Nearctic and Neotropical fauna. Zootaxa, 3405, 35–63.
- Sakakibara, A.M. (2012a) Taxonomic reassessment of the treehopper tribe Talipedini with nomenclatural changes and descriptions of new taxa (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Membracinae). Zoologia, 29(6), 563–576.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Erechtheion (Greek: Ἐρέχθειον), an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Species | 7 | 0 | 40 | 47 |