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species

Colpoptera thyone Fennah, 1955

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Colpoptera thyone Fennah, 1955c: 29.

    Holotype; male; USNM 62016; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); on Lantana sp., Soufriere, St. Lucia, British Windward Islands, Feb. 25, 1941, Fennah

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Semele or Thyone, in Greek mythology, the youngest daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, the mother of Dionysus by Zeus

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1955c) Lanternflies of the family Issidae of the Lesser Antilles (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 105(3350), 23–47.

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