Name
Basionym original publication
- Walker F. 1870 - Catalogue of the Homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. London 10: 276-330.
Known status(es) for this name:
- previous combination of Opistharsostethus dorsalis (Walker, 1870) according to
Schmidt (1911) - homonym of Cercopis dorsalis Walker, 1851 according to
Metcalf (1955) - nomen praeoccupatum replaced by Opistharsostethus walkeri Metcalf, 1955 nomen novum, according to
Metcalf (1955)