species
Melusa dardanus (Fennah, 1958)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Eocenchrea dardanus Fennah, 1958a: 499.
Holotype; male; 65c5a2fe-e3be-4acd-b649-0ce39b6693ef; deposited at: Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN); Côte d'Ivoire: Yapo, Oct. 5-15, 1946, A. Villiers
- Malenia dardana (Fennah, 1958) in Synave, 1973a: 147.
- Melusa dardana (Fennah, 1958) in Emeljanov, 1995b: 792.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Dardania or Dardanus (Greek: Δάρδανος), an ancient city in the Troad (Turkey)
Nomenclature references (3)
- Emeljanov, A.F. (1995b) On the system and phylogeny of the family Derbidae (Homoptera, Cicadina). [К вопросу о системе и филогении сем. Derbidae]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 73(4), 783–811. [1994; in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 1996, 75, 70–100]
- Fennah, R.G. (1958a) Fulgoroidea from West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Française d'Afrique Noire, (Series A, Sciences Naturelles), 20(2), 460–538.
- Synave, H. (1973a) Monographie des Derbidae africains (Homoptera - Fulgoroidea). Etude du Continent Africain, 2, 1–223.
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