superfamily
Delphacoidea Leach, 1815
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Delphacoidea Leach, 1815a: 125. (Official List of Family Group Names in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1961a: 246)
type genus Delphax Fabricius, 1798
Type
Delphax Fabricius, 1798 type genus of Delphacoidea Leach, 1815
Nomenclature references (2)
- International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1961a) Opinion 602. Delphax Fabricius, 1798 (Insecta, Hemiptera); Interpretation under the plenary powers. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 18, 246–248.
- Leach, W.E. (1815a) Entomology. In The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia; or dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. Conducted by David Brewster. With the assistance of gentlemen eminent in science and literature. William Blackwood, Edinburgh. Vol. 9, Issue 1, pp. 57–172. [384 pp.]
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| superfamily | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| family | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| subfamily | 8 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| tribe | 27 | 5 | 20 | 52 |
| subtribe | 3 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
| genus | 650 | 51 | 341 | 1042 |
| subgenus | 94 | 0 | 109 | 203 |
| species | 4675 | 76 | 5000 | 9751 |
| subspecies | 127 | 0 | 130 | 257 |