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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Nesocharis kalypso Kirkaldy, 1907d: 111.

    Holotype; female; 4372c2e6-23b8-48f8-bcb5-54f4576508ec; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Fiji: Viti Levu, Rewa, March, Muir

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Calypso, or Kalypso (Greek: Καλυψώ, "she who conceals"), in Greek mythology, a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001
Subspecies2046