Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) Signoret, 1866a: 139.

    type species by original designation Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) lucida Signoret, 1866

  • Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) Signoret, 1866 (homonym of Brachycephalus Fitzinger, 1826)
  • Brachyceps Kirkaldy, 1906b: 248.

    type species by original designation Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) lucida Signoret, 1866

  • Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) Signoret, 1866 (replaced by Brachyceps Kirkaldy, 1906) in Kirkaldy, 1906b: 248.

Type

Tettigometra (Brachycephalus) lucida Signoret, 1866 type species by original designation of Tettigometra (Brachyceps) Kirkaldy, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: βραχύς (short) + Latin: ceps (head)

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906b) Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 6. The Entomologist, 39, 247–249.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1866a) Revue du groupe des Tettigométrides Homoptères-Fulgorelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 6(1-2), 139–160. [Publication dates: Part 1 (pp. 1-140): August 22, 1866; Part 2 (pp. 141-292)]

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subgenus1012
species601824