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genus

Nicomia Stål, 1858

Nicomia Stål, 1858: _Nicomia_. (Otu).
Nicomia Stål, 1858: _Nicomia_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Nicomia Stål, 1858f: 249.

    type species by subsequent designation Nicomia lemniscata Stål, 1858 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 448

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Type

Nicomia lemniscata Stål, 1858 type species by subsequent designation of Nicomia Stål, 1858

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Nicomia, a dusky Hue very hard mineral, the name used by the stone-cutters of ancient London

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1858f) Några nya genera och arter bland Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 15, 248–250.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species16124