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Species

Bothriocera westwoodi (Stål, 1856)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Adana westwoodi Stål, 1856b: 163. (valid in Metcalf, 1936a: 249)
  • Bothriocera westwoodi (Stål, 1856) in Stål, 1864: 50.
  • Bothriocera signoreti Van Duzee, 1907 non Stål, 1864 (unavailable, linked to Bothriocera tinealis Burmeister, 1835) in Van Duzee, 1908d: 484.
  • Bothriocera signoreti Van Duzee, 1907 non Stål, 1864 (unavailable, linked to Adana westwoodi Stål, 1856) in Van Duzee, 1916a: 79.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835a) Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 99–183. [1832-1855]
  • Stål, C. (1856b) Om Derbides med tre oceller. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 13, 161–164.
  • Stål, C. (1864) Hemiptera mexicana enumeravit speciesque novas descripsit. (Continuatio). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 25, 49–86.
  • Fowler, W.W. (1904a) 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. 1, pp. 77–84 + pl. 9. [xii + 147 pp. + 13 pls.]
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1907) Notes on Jamaican Hemiptera: A report on a collection of Hemiptera made on the Island of Jamaica in the spring of 1906. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 8(5), 3–79.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1908d) Studies in North American Fulgoridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1907, 467–498.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1936a) General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 2. Cixiidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 269 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of John Obadiah Westwood (1805-1893), an English entomologist and archaeologist

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034