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
Type
Eurybrachys pulverosa Hope, 1843 type species by subsequent designation of Messena Stål, 1861
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
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. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 12.01.1858]
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 20 | 0 | 12 | 32 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |