Genus
Alcestis Stål, 1862
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Alcestis Stål, 1862: 11.
type species by original monotypy Alcestis pallescens Stål, 1862
- Alcestis Stål, 1862 (classified as Alcestisini Melichar, 1915) in Fennah, 1982a: 639.
Nomenclature references (2)
- Fennah, R.G. (1982a) A tribal classification of the Tropiduchidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea), with the description of a new species on tea in Malaysia. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 72, 631–643.
- Stål, C. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 1860]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Alcestis (Greek: Ἄλκηστις), in Greek mythology, a princess, the fairest among the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcus
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |