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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949)

Habitus, dorsal view on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).
Head on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).
Other on Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Thionia argo Fennah, 1949a: 60.

    Holotype; male; No. 27819; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MCZ); British Virgin Islands: Jost Van Dyke, Feb. 18, 1944, by by R.G. Fennah

  • Cheiloceps argo (Fennah, 1949) in Gnezdilov, 2018a: 163.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1949a) On a small collection of Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from the Virgin Islands. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 56, 51–65.
  • Gnezdilov, V.M. (2018a) To the revision of the genus Thionia Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Issidae), with description of new genera and new subtribe. Zootaxa, 4434(1), 158–170.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Argo (Greek: Ἀργώ), in Greek mythology, the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrive the Golden Fleece, named after her builder, Argus

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012