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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Phaciocephalus Kirkaldy, 1906c: 428.

    type species by original monotypy Phaciocephalus vitiensis Kirkaldy, 1906

  • Phaciocephala [sic] Kirkaldy, 1906 in Muir, 1917a: 58.
  • Phaciocephslus [sic] Kirkaldy, 1906 (misspelling of Phaciocephalus Kirkaldy, 1906) in Metcalf, 1945a: 102.
  • Phaciocephalus Kirkaldy, 1906 (classified as Cenchreinae Muir, 1917) in Fennah, 1952b: 129.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1917a) The Derbidae of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 12, 49–105.
  • Osborn, H. (1926c) Faunistic and ecologic notes on Cuban Homoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 19, 335–366 + pls. 30–31.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1945a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 4. Derbidae. Part 5. Achilixiidae. Part 6. Meenoplidae. Part 7. Kinnaridae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 252 pp.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1952b) On the generic classification of Derbidae (Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of new Neotropical species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 103(4), 109–170.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Phaciocephalus Kirkaldy, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: φάκιον (decoction of lentils) + κεφαλή (head)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species260834
Subspecies2024