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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Capcicada absimilis (Distant, 1897)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cicada decora Germar, 1834a: 79.
  • Cicada decora Germar, 1834 (primary homonym of Cicada decora Fabricius, 1803)
  • Platypleura (Platypleura) absimilis Distant, 1897 in Metcalf, 1963e: 53.
  • Capcicada decora (Germar, 1834) in Villet, 1989b: 59.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1822a) Dissertatio entomologica de Hemipteris rostratis Capensibus. Part I. Upsaliae: Excudebant Regiae Academiae Typographi, 1–9 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9281
  • Germar, E.F. (1834a) Observations sur plusieurs espèces du genre Cicada, Latr. In Revue entomologique. Gustave Silbermann. Strassburg et Paris. Vol. 2, pp. 49–82, pls. 19–26.
  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Distant, W.L. (1897a) On a collection of Homoptera made in southern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 6), 19, 125–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939708680516
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963e) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly press, vii + 585 p.
  • Villet, M.H. (1989b) New taxa of South African platypleurine cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 52(1), 51–70.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2020) Nomenclatural changes in the suborders Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) and Paleorrhyncha (Palaeohemiptera). Zootaxa, 4881(1), 25–53. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.2
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: unlike, dissimilar

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045