genus
Altekon Fennah, 1975
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (5)
- Altekon Fennah, 1975a: 125.
type species by original designation Delphacodes marpessa Fennah, 1956
- Taidelphax Yang, 1989a: 287.
type species by original designation Taidelphax chishanensis Yang, 1989
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- Alketon [sic] Fennah, 1975 in Thangam, Bourgoin & Bartlett, 2025: 303.
- Alketon [sic] Fennah, 1975 (misspelling of Altekon Fennah, 1975) in Thangam, Bourgoin & Bartlett, 2025: 303.
Type
Delphacodes marpessa Fennah, 1956 type species by original designation of Altekon Fennah, 1975
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Esperanto: altecon (hight)
Nomenclature references (4)
- Ding, J.-H. (2006a) Fauna Sinica. Insecta. Volume 45. Homoptera Delphacidae. Science Press, Beijing, China, xx + 776 pp., XX pls.
- Fennah, R.G. (1975a) Homoptera: Fulgoroidea Delphacidae from Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica. (Supplement)., 4, 79–136.
- Thangam, S.D., Bourgoin, T. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Delphacoidea) of the Indian sub-continent: annotated checklist with keys to subfamilies and tribes. Zootaxa, 5653(3), 301–323. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5653.3.1
- Yang, C.-T. (1989a) Delphacidae of Taiwan II (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). National Science Council (NSC), Special publication, 6, 1–334.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| species | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | |