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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- 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
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| species | 29 | 0 | 32 | 61 | |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |