genus

Smerdalea Fowler, 1896

Descendants and synonyms

Smerdalea Fowler, 1896e: 162.
type species by original monotypy Smerdalea horrescens Fowler, 1896
Smerdalia [sic] Fowler, 1896 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 483.

Smerdalia [sic] Fowler, 1896 (misspelling of Smerdalea Fowler, 1896) in Funkhouser, 1927f: 483.
Smerdalea Fowler, 1896 (classified as Stegaspinae Haupt, 1929) in Cryan & Deitz, 1999a: 481.

Smerdalea horrescens Fowler, 1896 type species by original monotypy of Smerdalea Fowler, 1896

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: σμερδαλέος (terrible, horrible, awful)

Cryan, J.R. & Deitz, L.L. (1999a) Review of the New World treehopper tribe Stegaspidini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): 1: Bocydium Latreille, Lirania Stål, and Smerdalea Fowler. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 101(3), 469–489.
Fowler, W.W. (1896e) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, pp. 161–168.

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.