genus
† Lithopsis Scudder, 1878
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- † Lithopsis Scudder, 1878c: 773. (fossil)
type species by original monotypy † Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder, 1878
- † Lithopsis Scudder, 1878 (classified as Tropiduchida Stål, 1866) in Scudder, 1878c: 773.
- † Lithopsis Scudder, 1878 (classified as Flatidae Spinola, 1839) in Metcalf & Wade, 1966a: 132.
- † Lithopsis Scudder, 1878 (classified as Nogodini Melichar, 1898) in Shcherbakov, 2006a: 319.
Type
† Lithopsis fimbriata Scudder, 1878 type species by original monotypy of † Lithopsis Scudder, 1878
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: λίθος (stone) + όψις (appearance, similar to)
Nomenclature references (3)
- Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1966a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. A catalogue of the fossil Homoptera. (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Waverly Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD, V + 245 p.
- Scudder, S.H. (1878c) The fossil insects of the Green River shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4, 747–776.
- Shcherbakov, D.E. (2006a) The earliest find of Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha), representing a new tribe, from the Eocene of Green River, USA, with notes on the fossil record of higher Fulgoroidea. Russian Entomological Journal, 15(3), 315–322.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |