genus
Messena Stål, 1861
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Messena Stål, 1861c: 210.
type species by subsequent designation Eurybrachys pulverosa Hope, 1843 in Stål, 1862e
Type
Eurybrachys pulverosa Hope, 1843 type species by subsequent designation of Messena Stål, 1861
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Masinissa or Massena (238–148 BC), the first King of Numidia
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. (1862e) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna. II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 20 | 0 | 12 | 32 | |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |