Species
[Delphax] astyanax Kirkaldy, 1907
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Delphax astyanax Kirkaldy, 1907d: 161.
Holotype; male; b30ffcd6-7a21-48fb-bc23-62acbc4a0e15; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, New South Wales: Mittagong, January 1905, coll. Koebele
- Delphax astyanax Kirkaldy, 1907 (incertae sedis in Delphacida Leach, 1815) in Metcalf, 1943a: 351.
- Liburnia astyanax (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Metcalf, 1943a: 351.
- Embolophora astyanax (Kirkaldy, 1907) in Bellis, Donaldson, Quintao, Rice, Tenakanai & Tran-Nguyen, 2014a: 169.
Nomenclature references (3)
- Bellis, G.A., Donaldson, J.F., Quintao, V., Rice, A., Tenakanai, D. & Tran-Nguyen, L. (2014a) New records of Delphacini (Hemiptera: Delphacidae: Delphacinae) from Australia, Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea, and an updated checklist of Delphacini from Australia. Austral Entomology, 53(2), 167–174. [2013] https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12069
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
- Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Astyanax (Greek: Ἀστυάναξ: "protector of the city"), in Greek mythology, the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy and husband of Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |