Genus
Athestia Melichar, 1915
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Athestia Melichar, 1915f: 152.
type species by original designation Athestia elongata Melichar, 1915
- Athestia Melichar, 1915 (classified as Tambiniini Kirkaldy, 1907) in Fennah, 1982a: 634.
Nomenclature references (2)
- Melichar, L. (1915f) Monographie der Tropiduchinen (Homoptera). Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn. Brünn, 53, 82–226. [1914; Separate pp. 1-145]
- 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: ἀ- (not) + Thestias Boisduval, 1836 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) + -ία (noun suffix); after Thestius (Greek: Θέστιος), in Greek mythology, a king of Pleuronians in Aetolia
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |