genus

Hyalesthes Signoret, 1865

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

Hyalesthes Signoret, 1865a: 128.
type species by original monotypy Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865

Nomenclature references (1)

Signoret, V.A. (1865a) Descriptions de quelques Hémiptères nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 5(1), 115–130.

References cited (0)

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ὕαλος (glassy, hyaline) + ἑσθὴς (cloth, toga, robe) (Signoret, 1865 treated the genus as masculine, but he used the name introduced by Amyot, who clearly indicated the Greek origin of the name, according to the ICZN Art. 30.1.2, it is feminine)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	0	1
subgenus	2	0	5	7
species	34	0	52	86