Skip to main content
Habitus, dorsal view on Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846: (Observation).
Head on Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846a: 284. (valid in Andrade, 2004a: 723)

    Lectotype; female; d452253f-c965-46bf-92c3-d17f74db347c; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Brazil: Huyutanahan, Rio Purus, Saint Cloudies, January-February 1922

  • Ceresa spinifera Fairmaire, 1846 (subjective synonym of Membracis vitulus Fabricius, 1775) in Stål, 1870: 246.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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]
  • Stål, C. (1870) Bidrag till membracidernas kännedom. In Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Tjugondesjette årgången 1869. Stockholm, Norstedt & Soner. pp. 231–300.
  • de Andrade, G.S. (2004a) As espécies do gênero Ceresa Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 21(4), 671–738. [in Portuguese]
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: spine-carrying

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001