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genus

Terpnosia Distant, 1892

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Terpnosia Distant, 1892d: 325.

    type species by original monotypy Dundubia psecas Walker, 1850

  • Trepnosia [sic] Distant, 1892 in Issiki, 1915a: 111.
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  • Terpnosia Distant, 1892 (classified as Leptopsaltraria Moulton, 1923) in Lee & Hill, 2010a: 302.
  • Terpnosia Distant, 1892 (classified as Psithyristriaria Distant, 1905) in Lee, 2025: 498.

Type

Dundubia psecas Walker, 1850 type species by original monotypy of Terpnosia Distant, 1892

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: τερπνός (pleasant) + -ία (noun suffix)

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Chou, I., Lei, Z.-R., Li, L., Lu, X.-L. & Yao, W. (1997a) The Cicadidae of China (Homoptera: Cicadoidea). Tianze Eldoneio, Hong Kong, 380 pp., 16 plts. [in Chinese]
  • Distant, W.L. (1892d) On some undescribed Cicadidae, with synonymical notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 6), 9, 313–327.
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  • Issiki, S. (1915a) Rhynchota collected in Kii and yamato (i. e. in Wakayama and Nara Prefectures) (Continued). The Insect World, 19, 110–113. [in Japanese]
  • Lallemand, V. (1931d) "Hemiptera-Homoptera." In Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 4(1), 71–85.
  • Lee, Y.J. & Hill, K.B.R. (2010a) Systematic revision of the genus Psithyristria Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with seven new species and a molecular phylogeny of the genus and higher taxa. Systematic Entomology, 35, 277–305. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00509.x
  • Lee, Y.J. (2025) Two new cicada genera of Psithyristriini Distant, with taxonomic notes on Pomponia Stål and Terpnosia Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 61(6), 497–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2025.2561701
  • Liu, K.C. (1991a) [Development of cicada science in China.]. Chinese Journal of Entomology, 11, 252–259. [in Chinese]
  • Schmidt, E. (1932d) Verzeichnis der Cicaden des chinesischen Reiches. Peking Natural History Bulletin, 7, 117–133.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1056
species3103364
subspecies2046