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Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: _Ophiderma_. (Otu).
Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: _Ophiderma_. (Otu).
Live specimen on Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: (Observation).
Live specimen on Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: (Observation).
Nymph on Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: (Observation).
Nymph on Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847b: 493.

    type species by original monotypy Ophiderma salamandra Fairmaire, 1847

  • Ophioderma [sic] Fairmaire, 1847 in Crevecoeur, 1905a: 234.
  • Aphiderma [sic] Fairmaire, 1847 in Allen, 1951a: 487.
  • Aphiderma [sic] Fairmaire, 1847 (misspelling of Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847) in Allen, 1951a: 487.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Fairmaire, L.M.H. (1847b) Revue de la tribu des Membracides. (Suite et fin.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (2 série), 4(4), 479–531 + pl. 3–7. [1846]
  • Crevecoeur, F.F. (1905a) Additions to the list of the hemipterous fauna of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, 19, 232–237.
  • Valdés Ragués, P. (1910a) Classification Gundlach de Hemipteros Cubanos, Conforme a los Ejemplares que Existen en el Museo del Instituto de 2a. Enseéñanza de la Habana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana, 46, 425–446.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1923c) "Family Membracidae." In Britton's Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Hemiptera or sucking insects of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey, 34, 163–206.
  • Wardle, R.A. (1936a) General entomology. P. Blakiston. Philadelphia, v-vii + 311 pp.
  • Allen, W.R. (1951a) The Funkhouser collection of Membracidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 44, 485–487.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Ophiderma Fairmaire, 1847

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: όφις (snake) + δέρμα (skin)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1056
Species1602541