genus
Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (9)
- Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850a: 71.
type species by original monotypy Issus coccinelloides Burmeister, 1834
- Hemisphoerius [sic] Schaum, 1850 in Walker, 1851a: 377.
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- Hemispherius [sic] Schaum, 1850 in Metcalf, 1958a: 547.
- Hemispherius [sic] Schaum, 1850 (misspelling of Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850) in Metcalf, 1958a: 547.
Type
Issus coccinelloides Burmeister, 1834 type species by original monotypy of Hemisphaerius Schaum, 1850
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: ἡμι (half) + σφαίρα (sphere) + -ius (noun suffix)
Nomenclature references (5)
- de Motschulsky, V.I. (1863a) Essai d'un catalogues des insectes de l'île Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36(3), 1–153.
- Metcalf, Z.P. (1958a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 15. Issidae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly Press, vii + 561 pp.
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- Stål, C. (1861c) Nova methodus familias quasdam Hemipterorum dispondendi genera Issidarum synoptice disposita. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 18, 195–212.
- Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| species | 88 | 0 | 30 | 118 | |
| subspecies | 7 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |