Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Lapithasa Melichar, 1914e: 280.

    type species by original designation Lapithasa bakeri Melichar, 1914

  • Lapithasa Melichar, 1914 (classified as Menoscaina Melichar, 1915) in Emeljanov, 2013c: 722.

Type

Lapithasa bakeri Melichar, 1914 type species by original designation of Lapithasa Melichar, 1914

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Lapithas (Greek: Λαπίθας), a mountain located in southern Elis (Greece, Peloponnese), named after mythical people Lapiths (Greek: Λαπίθαι)

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Emeljanov, A.F. (2013c) On the subdivision of the family Lophopidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) on the subfamilies and tribes with description of two new tribes. [Разделение семейства Lophopidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) на подсемейства и трибы с описанием двух новых триб]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 92(4), 720–723. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 2014, 94(2), 208–210]
  • Melichar, L. (1914e) Neue Fulgoriden von den Philippinen: I. Theil. Philippine Journal of Science, 9, 269–283.

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genus1001
species4015