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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973

Habitus, dorsal view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Head on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).
Forewing on Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Cixius orcus Fennah, 1973a: 440.

    Holotype; male; 785c02e4-b32f-4c29-a9a3-9bef54d99126; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Mexico, Queretaro: Cueva de Emilia, 14 km. NNW Ahuacatlan, 24.XII.1972, R. Jameson

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1973a) Three new cavernicolous species of Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from Mexico and Western Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86(38), 439–446.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Orcus, in Roman mythology, a god of the underworld

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001