genus

Lycorma Stål, 1863

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

Lycorma Stål, 1863b: 234.
type species by subsequent designation Aphana [sic] imperialis White, 1846 in Distant, 1906i: 205
Licorma [sic] Stål, 1863 in Kato, 1929a: 550.

Licorma [sic] Stål, 1863 (misspelling of Lycorma Stål, 1863) in Kato, 1929a: 550.

Type

Aphana [sic] imperialis White, 1846 type species by subsequent designation of Lycorma Stål, 1863

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Lycormas river in Aetolia (Greek: Λυκόρμας) now Evinos river (Greek: Εύηνος), in Greek mythology, Evenus, drowned himself in the river Lycormas after being humiliated by his daughter Marpessa’s abduction at the hands of Idas

Nomenclature references (3)

Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
Kato, M. (1929a) Descriptions of some new Formosan Homoptera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 19, 540–551 + pl. 1.

Stål, C. (1863b) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fulgoriden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 24(7-9), 230–251. [July-September]

Stats

	Names
Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
genus	2	1	1
species	26	4	22