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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906

Habitus, dorsal view on Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Copidocephala melanoptera (Schmidt, 1907) now Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906l: 23.

    Holotype; adult; c2fdd943-488c-403d-8b2a-e6313c98ac68; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Colombia

  • Coanaco melanoptera Schmidt, 1907d: 361.
  • Copidocephala melanoptera (Schmidt, 1907) in Metcalf, 1947c: 176.
  • Coanaco melanoptera Schmidt, 1907 (subjective synonym of Copidocephala merula Distant, 1906) in O'Brien, 1991a: 148.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1906l) Rhynchotal notes. - XXXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 18, 18–32.
  • Schmidt, E. (1907d) Drei neue Fulgoriden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 68, 361–367.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1947c) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 9. Fulgoridae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 276 pp.
  • O'Brien, L.B. (1991a) New world Fulgoridae, Part 1: Genera with elongate head processes. Great Basin Naturalist, 12, 135–170. [1988]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: blackbird

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023