genus

Aselgeia Walker, 1851

Aselgeia Walker, 1851a: 324.
type species by original monotypy Aselgeia ramulifera Walker, 1851
Aselyia [sic] Walker, 1851 in Signoret, 1861a: 72.

Aselyia [sic] Walker, 1851 (misspelling of Aselgeia Walker, 1851) in Signoret, 1861a: 72.
Aselgeia Walker, 1851 (classified as Dyctiophoroïdes Spinola, 1839) in Emeljanov, 2011a: 303.

Aselgeia ramulifera Walker, 1851 type species by original monotypy of Aselgeia Walker, 1851

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ασέλγεια (brutal, lewdness, lechery)

Emeljanov, A.F. (2011a) Improved tribal delimitation of the subfamily Dictyopharinae and description of new genera and new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Dictyopharidae). [Уточненное деление подсем. Dictyopharinae на трибы и описания новых родов и видов (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, Dictyopharidae)]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 90(2), 299–328. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 91, 1122–1145]
Signoret, V.A. (1861a) Description de quelques Hémiptères nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 1, 55–72.

Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.