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genus

Horiola Fairmaire, 1847

Horiola Fairmaire, 1847: _Horiola_ adults, with eggs and ant. (Otu).
Horiola Fairmaire, 1847: _Horiola_ adults, with eggs and ant. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Horiola Fairmaire, 1847b: 492.

    type species by subsequent designation Membracis picta Coquebert de Montbret, 1801 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 167

  • Horiala [sic] Fairmaire, 1846 in Desmarest, 1859a: 198.
  • Horiala [sic] Fairmaire, 1846 (misspelling of Horiola Fairmaire, 1847) in Desmarest, 1859a: 198.

Type

Membracis picta Coquebert de Montbret, 1801 type species by subsequent designation of Horiola Fairmaire, 1847

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Horus, one of ancient Egyptian deities, depicted as a man with a falcon head + -iola (diminutive suffix)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Desmarest, E.A.S.L. (1859a) Annelés-Hémiptères. [Quatrième Famille-Fulgoriens. Cinquième Famille-Cicadiens]. In Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle. Vol. 6, pp. 195–203.
  • 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]
  • 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.

Stats

Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus1012
species203335