Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Brevia Moulds & Marshall, 2025: 19.

    type species by original designation Brevia bullula Moulds & Marshall, 2025

  • Brevia Moulds & Marshall, 2025 (classified as Cicadetta Buckton, 1890) in Moulds & Marshall, 2025: 4.

Type

Brevia bullula Moulds & Marshall, 2025 type species by original designation of Brevia Moulds & Marshall, 2025

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: brevis (short) +-ia (noun suffix) (referring to the short pseudoparameres on the aedeagus, similar in length to a short ventral support)

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Moulds, M.S. & Marshall, D.C. (2025) New genera and species of cicadas from arid Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Megataxa, 17(1), 1–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.17.1.1

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