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Habitus, dorsal view on Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938 now Atracodes Melichar, 1902: Pseudoflatoides tortrix (Guérin-Méneville, 1856). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938 now Atracodes Melichar, 1902: Pseudoflatoides tortrix (Guérin-Méneville, 1856). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938 now Atracodes Melichar, 1902: Pseudoflatoides tortrix (Guérin-Méneville, 1856). (Observation).
Head on Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938 now Atracodes Melichar, 1902: Pseudoflatoides tortrix (Guérin-Méneville, 1856). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Flatoides (Atracodes) Melichar, 1902a: 174.

    type species by subsequent designation Flatoides (Atracodes) indutus Melichar, 1902 in Melichar, 1923a: 118

  • Atracodes Melichar, 1902 in Waterhouse, 1912: 29.
  • Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938a: 401.

    type species by original designation Flata (Phalaenomorpha) tortrix Guérin-Méneville, 1856

  • Pseudoflatoides Metcalf, 1938 (subjective synonym of Flatoides (Atracodes) Melichar, 1902) in Levia & Bartlett, 2025: 236.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Levia, N.N. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) A review of the genera Atracodes Melichar and Pseudoflatoides Metcalf (Hemiptera: Flatidae: Flatoidinae) from the Caribbean region. Zootaxa, 5590(2), 231–255.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Melichar, L. (1923a) Homoptera, fam. Acanalonidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum, 182, 1–185 + pls. 1–2.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1938a) The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and other parts of Panama. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 82(5), 277–423.
  • Schulze, F.E., Kükenthal, W.G. & Heider, K. (1926c) Athel-Byz. In Nomenclator animalium generum et subgenerum; im auftrage der Preussischen akademie der wissenschaften zu Berlin. Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp. 321–476.
  • Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Atracodes Melichar, 1902

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Atracis + Greek: -ώδης (like, similar to)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species1301730
Subspecies501520