genus
Messena Stål, 1861
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Messena Stål, 1861c: 210.
type species by subsequent designation Eurybrachys pulverosa Hope, 1843 in Stål, 1862
Nomenclature references (2)
- Stål, C. (1861c) Nova methodus familias quasdam Hemipterorum dispondendi genera Issidarum synoptice disposita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 18, 195–212.
- Stål, C. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 12.01.1858]
Type
type species by subsequent designation of
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Masinissa or Massena (238–148 BC), the first King of Numidia
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 20 | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |