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genus

Poecilopsaltria Stål, 1866

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (19)

  • Poecilopsaltria Stål, 1866a: 2. (valid in Dmitriev, 2026)

    type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia octoguttata Fabricius, 1798 in Distant, 1904b: 297

  • Pseudopsaltria [sic] Stål, 1866 in Kirby, 1891a: 127.
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  • Asianopleura Zhou, Wang & Wei, 2026 in Zhou, Wang, Zhi, Ge, Guo, Saddam, He & Wei, 2026: 15.

    type species by original designation Platypleura hilpa Walker, 1850

  • Asianopleura Zhou, Wang & Wei, 2026 (subjective synonym of Poecilopsaltria Stål, 1866) in Dmitriev, 2026

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Buchner, P. (1925a) Studien an intracellularen Symbionten V. Die symbiontischen Einrichtungen der Zikaden. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 4, 88–245.
  • Chen, K.-F. (1933b) A list of Chinese known Cicadidae. Entomology and Phytopathology, 1(Suppl.), 1–48.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1904b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 14, 293–303.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906p) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Homoptera. Fam. Cicadidae. In Insecta Transvaaliensia; a contribution to the entomology of South Africa. F. Edwards. London. Vol. 7, pp. 168–180 + pl. XVI-XVII.
  • Distant, W.L. (1912g) Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum. Diriges par P. Wytsman, 142, 1–64 + pl. 1–7.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.
  • Kato, M. (1932a) Monograph of Cicadidae. Sanseido. Tokyo, 450 pp. [in Japanese]
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891a) Catalogue of the described Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera of Ceylon, based on the collection formed (chiefly at Pundaloya) by Mr. E. Ernest Green. The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, 24, 72–176.
  • Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Zhou, J.-R., Wang, J.-L., Zhi, H., Ge, B., Guo, F.-Q., Saddam, B., He, H. & Wei, C. (2026) Phylogeny, biogeography and ecological diversification of the Oriental cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(1:e70030), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70030

Type

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ποικίλος (spotted, variable) + ψαλτρία (female harper)

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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
genus10910
species1406781