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Habitus, dorsal view on Aphropsis gigantea Metcalf & Horton, 1934: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Aphropsis gigantea Metcalf & Horton, 1934: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Aphropsis gigantea Metcalf & Horton, 1934a: 409.

    Holotype; male; 889a6956-52a2-4892-a25d-6b9293c0719d; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); China, Szechwan: Mt. Omei, July and August 1925, 4400 ft.

  • Aphropsis gigas [sic] Metcalf & Horton, 1934 in Liang, 1993: 127.
  • Aphropsis gigantean [sic] Metcalf & Horton, 1934 in Dai & Li, 2005: 141.
  • Aphropsis gigantean [sic] Metcalf & Horton, 1934 (misspelling of Aphropsis gigantea Metcalf & Horton, 1934) in Dai & Li, 2005: 141.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Dai, R.-H. & Li, Z.-Z. (2005) Homoptera: Cercopidae and Aphrophoridae. In Z.-Z. Li & D.-C. Jin (Eds.). Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape. Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House, Guiyang. pp. 139–144. [in Chinese; 780 pp. + 8 pls.]
  • Liang, A.-P. (1993) Homoptera: Cercopidae. In F.-S. Huang (Ed.). Insects of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing. pp. 126–129. [in Chinese]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Horton, G. (1934a) The Cercopoidea (Homoptera) of China. Lingnan Science Journal, 13(3), 367–429.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: gigantic

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023