Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ranissus Fieber, 1866a: 499.

    type species by subsequent designation Ranissus leptopus Fieber, 1866 in Metcalf, 1946a: 201

Type

Ranissus leptopus Fieber, 1866 type species by subsequent designation of Ranissus Fieber, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: rana (frog) + Issus

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Fieber, F.X. (1866a) Neue Gattungen und Arten in Homoptern (Cicadina Bur.). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 497–516 + pl. VII.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1946a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV, Fulgoroidea. Part 8. Dictyopharidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 246 pp.

Stats

Valid names
RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
genus1001
subgenus2035
species1403650