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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Muansa Distant, 1904b: 295.

    type species by original designation Platypleura clypealis Karsch, 1890

  • Muanza [sic] Distant, 1904 in Dlabola, 1958: 64.
  • Muanza [sic] Distant, 1904 (misspelling of Muansa Distant, 1904) in Dlabola, 1958a: 64.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1904b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 14, 293–303.
  • Dlabola, J. (1958) First contribution to the knowledge of the Cicadidae from the Belgian Congo (Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 58, 62–74.
  • Dlabola, J. (1958a) Records of leafhoppers from Czechoslovakia and south European countries (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 3(30), 7–15.

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Muansa, a ritual instrument in Africa, made of a log of wood, hollowed out in a particular manner, so that when rubbed, it emits sounds resembling the roaring and belowing of wild animals

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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
genus1012
species1023