genus

Protrocha Emeljanov, 1996

Descendants and synonyms

Aphelonema (Protrocha) Emeljanov, 1996: 835.
type species by original designation Aphelonema orbiculata Ball, 1935
Protrocha Emeljanov, 1996 in Gnezdilov, 2013e: 1310.

type species by original designation of

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πρό (before) + τροχός (wheel) (referring to the keels on the postfrons)

Emeljanov, A.F. (1996) A new genus, Chirodisca gen. n., and new subgenera of the genus Aphelonema Uhl. (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae). [Новый род, Chirodisca gen. n., и новые подроды рода Aphelonema Uhl. (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae)]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 75(4), 834–835. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 76(8), 993–994]
Gnezdilov, V.M. (2013e) A modern system of the family Caliscelidae Amyot et Serville (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). [Современная система семейства Caliscelidae Amyot et Serville (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea)]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 92(11), 1309–1311. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 2014, 94(2), 211-214] https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873814020092