Genus
† Colossocossus Menon, Heads & Martill, 2005
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- † Colossocossus Menon, Heads & Martill, 2005a: 839. (fossil)
type species by original designation † Colossocossus loveridgei Menon, Heads & Martill, 2005
Nomenclature references (1)
- Menon, F., Heads, S.W. & Martill, D.M. (2005a) New Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 26, 837–844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2005.05.005
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: κολοσσός (gigantic, large statue) + Cossus Fabricius, 1793 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae); from Greek: κόσσος (box on the ears, slap, caff)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |