''Holhymenia'' is a genus in the "true bug" family

Coreidae Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a family, the Coreidae a ...

, order

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

. The genus was erected by Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier and

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville (; his name, before the French Revolution, Revolution, included a Nobiliary particle, particle: Audinet de Serville) was a French entomologist, born on 11 November 1775 in Paris. He died on 27 March 1858 in La Fert ...

in 1825. The name is frequently misspelled as "''Holymenia''", due to an unjustified emendation by

Hermann Burmeister Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botany, botanist, and coleopterologist. He served as a professor at ...

ten years after the name was originally published.Coreoidea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) accessed 2016 06 04
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References

Anisoscelidini Coreidae genera Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville {{Coreidae-stub