genus

Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843a: 463.
type species by original monotypy Pycna strix Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Pycnos [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Agassiz, Erichson & Germar, 1846a: 11.
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Pyona [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Malaisse, 1997a: 238.
Pyona [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (misspelling of Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in Malaisse, 1997a: 238.

Pycna strix Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 type species by original monotypy of Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: πυκνός (thick, dense, compact)

Agassiz, J.L.R., Erichson, W.F. & Germar, E.F. (1846a) Hemiptera. (Addenda et corrigenda.). In Nomenclator zoologicus, continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia, et familiis, ad quas pertinent, in singulis classibus. pp. 1–16.
Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.

Karsch, F.A.F. (1890b) Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Singcikaden Afrika's und Madagaskar's. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 35, 85–130.
Malaisse, F. (1997a) Se nourrir en foret claire africaine: approche ecologique et nutritionelle. Les Presses Agronomique de Gembloux, Gembloux. 384pp.