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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Epitemna Melichar, 1898b: 390.

    type species by subsequent designation Flatoides retractus Walker, 1851 in Distant, 1909f: 327

  • Epitemna Melichar, 1898c: 247.

    type species by subsequent designation Flatoides retractus Walker, 1851 in Distant, 1909f: 327

  • Epitemma [sic] Melichar, 1898 (misspelling of Epitemna Melichar, 1898) in Villiers, 1952a: 240.
  • Epitemna Melichar, 1898 (synonymic homonym of Epitemna Melichar, 1898) in Metcalf, 1955c: 105.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Distant, W.L. (1909f) Rhynchotal notes. - XLIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 4, 320–338.
  • Melichar, L. (1898b) Vorläufige Beschreibungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 48, 384–400. [separate paged 1-16]
  • Melichar, L. (1898c) Monographie der Ricaniiden (Homoptera). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 13, 197–359 + pls. IX-XIV.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1955c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 16. Ricaniidae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly Press, viii + 199 pp.
  • Villiers, A. (1952a) Hémiptères de l'Afrique noire (punaises et cigales). Bulletin de l'Institut Francaise d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 9, 1–256.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Epitemna Melichar, 1898

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: ἐπιτέμνω (to cut off)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species901524
Subspecies2024