species
Desudaba danae (Gerstaecker, 1895)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Metanira danae Gerstaecker, 1895a: 24.
Holotype; adult; 285d8255-b291-43a5-8a61-2435caaac066; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Museum Greifswald (ZIMG); Australia: Queensland, coll. F.P. Dodd
- Metanira danaë [sic] Gerstaecker, 1895a: 24.
- Metanira danaë [sic] Gerstaecker, 1895 (incorrect original spelling of Metanira danae Gerstaecker, 1895)
- Desudaba danae (Gerstaecker, 1895) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 391.
Nomenclature references (2)
- 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.
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Danaë, or Danae (Ancient Greek: Δανάη), in Greek mythology, the daughter, and only child of King Acrisius of Argos and his wife Queen Eurydice, an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |