Genus

Achilus Kirby, 1818

Descendants and synonyms

Achilus Kirby, 1818b: 474.
type species by original monotypy Achilus flammeus Kirby, 1818
Achili [sic] Kirby, 1818 in Latreille, 1834a: 175.

Achila [sic] Kirby, 1818 in Brysz, Bourgoin & Szwedo, 2022: 297.
Achila [sic] Kirby, 1818 (misspelling of Achilus Kirby, 1818) in Brysz, Bourgoin & Szwedo, 2022: 297.

Kirby, W.F. (1818b) A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq., F. R. S., Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12(2), 454–482.
Latreille, P.A. (1834a) Family I. Cicadariae. The animal kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier. The Crustacea, Arachnides and Insecta by P. A. Latreille. Translated from the French and abridged for the use of students. By H. McMurtrie. i-xx, 1-508.

Fennah, R.G. (1950a) A generic revision of the Achilidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 1(1), 1–170.
Brysz, A.M., Bourgoin, T. & Szwedo, J. (2022) Spotted beauty — Gedanochila museisucini gen. et sp. nov. — a new Achilidae from Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) and its relation to Achilini. Zootaxa, 5125(3), 295–312. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5125.3.3

type species by original monotypy of Achilus Kirby, 1818

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ἀ- (without) + χείλος (labia, edge)

No descendants observations found