Species
Diostrombus alcmena Fennah, 1957
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Diostrombus alcmena Fennah, 1957a: 1284.
Holotype; male; d6f39f64-0b7e-422b-8933-6bfea3590555; deposited at: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC); Cameroon, former French Cameroons: Reserve forestiere du Nyong, Feb. 14, 1950, on leaves of Alchornea cordata Benth.
- Diostrombus (Diostrombus) alcmena Fennah, 1957 in Van Stalle, 1992a: 188.
Nomenclature references (2)
- Fennah, R.G. (1957a) Results from the Danish expedition to the French Cameroons, 1949–1950. XXIV. Fulgoroidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 19(4), 1274–1311.
- Van Stalle, J. (1992a) Redefinition and revision of Lydda Westwood 1840 with taxonomic notes on Diostrombus Uhler 1896 (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea, Derbidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 23(2), 185–213.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Alcmene (Greek: Ἀλκμήνη), in Greek mythology, a wife of Amphitryon, a mother of Heracles whose father was the god Zeus
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |