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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Altekon marpessa (Fennah, 1956)

Okinawa-himekuro-unka

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Delphacodes marpessa Fennah, 1956b: 124.

    Holotype; male; US 62142; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Micronesia: Yap Island, Yap group, Oct. 1952, Krauss

  • Altekon marpessa (Fennah, 1956) in Fennah, 1975a: 125.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1956b) Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Fulgoroidea. Insects of Micronesia, 6(3), 39–211.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1975a) Homoptera: Fulgoroidea Delphacidae from Ceylon. Entomologica Scandinavica. (Supplement)., 4, 79–136.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Marpessa (Greek: Μάρπησσα), in Greek mythology, an Amazon queen

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