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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cicada asius Walker, 1850a: 141. (valid in Metcalf, 1963f: 750)
  • Cicada asius Walker, 1850 (subjective synonym of Cicada serricosta Germar, 1834) in Stål, 1862b: 482.
  • Tympanoterpes asius (Walker, 1850) in Stål, 1862b: 485.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963f) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Caeaninae and Cicadinae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly press, 587–919 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Asius (Greek: Ἄσιος), in Greek mythology, a Phrygian leader and son of King Dymas, brother of Queen Hecuba of Troy

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012