What is "elasmopoda"

Elasipoda \El`a*sip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.]

Elasmopoda is a genus in the "true bug" family Coreidae, order Hemiptera. The genus is native to parts of eastern and southern Africa. The species are large "twig wilter" bugs, generally brown or greyish. The femora of the hind legs are somewhat enlarged and bent, but less than those of some related genera, and either unarmed, or less armed with spikes.

The genus Elasmopoda has junior synonyms, some of them apparently the products of clerical errors, in particular:

• synonym Evagrius Distant, 1900
• synonym Holopterna Stål, 1873
• synonym Hoplopterna Stål, 1873
• synonym Hoploterna Distant, 1892

Species include:

• Elasmopoda alata (Westwood, 1842)
• Elasmopoda antennata (Courteaux, 1907)
• Elasmopoda atramentaria (Germar, 1837)
• Elasmopoda dallasi (Stål, 1873)
• Elasmopoda elata Blöte, 1938
• Elasmopoda falx (Drury, 1782)
• Elasmopoda gladius (Distant, 1900)
• Elasmopoda lunata (Signoret, 1858)
• Elasmopoda parmenio Linnavuori, 1973
• Elasmopoda ugandica (Kirkaldy, 1909)
• Elasmopoda valga (Linnaeus, 1758)