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Habitus, dorsal view on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Head on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).
Head on Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Delphacodes balboae Muir & Giffard, 1924a: 36.

    Holotype; male; 854; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Mexico, Veracruz: Jalapa, Crawford

  • Delphacodes balboa [sic] (Muir & Giffard, 1924) in Muir, 1926b: 1.
  • Delphacodes balboa [sic] (Muir & Giffard, 1924) (misspelling of Delphacodes balboae Muir & Giffard, 1924) in Muir, 1926b: 1.
  • Chionomus balboae (Muir & Giffard, 1924) in Fennah, 1971a: 324.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Muir, F.A.G. & Giffard, W.M. (1924a) Studies in North American Delphacidae (Homoptera). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station (Entomological Series), 15, 1–53.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1926b) Contributions to our knowledge of South American Fulgoroidea (Homoptera), Part I. The family Delphacidae. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experiment Station (Entomological Series), 18, 1–51.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1971a) Fulgoroidea from the Cayman Islands and adjacent areas. Journal of Natural History, 5, 299–342.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Balboa, a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023