Species
Chilobia silena Stål, 1863
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Chilobia silena Stål, 1863b: 238. (valid in O'Brien, 1991a: 148)
Holotype; male; 022c3a5d-1d58-4eea-9295-e13db6582eaa; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Ecuador: Quito, Coll. Signoret
- Chilobia Silena [sic] Stål, 1863b: 238.
- Chilobia Silena [sic] Stål, 1863 (misspelling of Chilobia silena Stål, 1863) in Stål, 1863b: 238.
- Chilobia silena Stål, 1863 (subjective synonym of Dichoptera smaragdina Walker, 1851) in Gerstaecker, 1895a: 39.
Nomenclature references (3)
- Stål, C. (1863b) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fulgoriden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 24(7-9), 230–251. [July-September]
- Gerstaecker, C.E.A. (1895a) Ueber einige bemerkenswerthe Fulgorinen der Greifswalder zoologischen Sammlung. Mittheilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen. Greifswald, 27, 1–50.
- 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:
?after Silene, the feminine form of Silenus (Ancient Greek Σειληνός, Seilēnós), an Ancient Greek woodland deity who was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus; ?after Selene (from Ancient Greek Σελήνη, Selḗnē), goddess of the Moon
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |