Habitus, dorsal view: holotype of Mnemosyne asymmetrica Metcalf, 1954 (= Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: holotype of Mnemosyne asymmetrica Metcalf, 1954 (= Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: holotype of Mnemosyne asymmetrica Metcalf, 1954 (= Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866). (Observation).
Head: holotype of Mnemosyne asymmetrica Metcalf, 1954 (= Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Mnemosyne Stål, 1866a: 150.

    type species by subsequent monotypy Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866

  • Mnemosina [sic] Stål, 1866 in Valdés Ragués, 1910a: 442.
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  • Mnemosysne [sic] Stål, 1866 in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2024: 59.
  • Mnemosysne [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Mnemosyne Stål, 1866) in Hendrix & Bartlett, 2024: 59.

Type

Mnemosyne cubana Stål, 1866 type species by subsequent monotypy of Mnemosyne Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Mnemosyne, (Greek: Μνημοσύνη), in Greek mythology, one of the Titans, the goddess of memory

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hendrix, S.V. & Bartlett, C.R. (2024) On the genus-level placement of Oliarus beebei Metcalf 1945 (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Entomological News, 131(1), 56–60.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Valdés Ragués, P. (1910a) Classification Gundlach de Hemipteros Cubanos, Conforme a los Ejemplares que Existen en el Museo del Instituto de 2a. Enseéñanza de la Habana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de la Habana, 46, 425–446.

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