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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Platypleura (Pycna) tangana Strand, 1910a: 158.
  • Pycna tanga [sic] (Strand, 1910) in Distant, 1912g: 16.
  • Pycna tangana (Strand, 1910) in Metcalf, 1963e: 227.
  • Orapa tangana (Strand, 1910) in Sanborn, 2020: 171.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1912g) Homoptera Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam. Cicadinae. Genera Insectorum. Diriges par P. Wytsman, 142, 1–64 + pl. 1–7.
  • 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.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (2020) Redescription of the cicada genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Platypleurini) with the formation of two new genera, one new species, one revised species status and twenty-four new combinations. Zootaxa, 4722(2), 157–174. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.3
  • Strand, E. (1910a) Neue und wenig bekannte afrikanische Homoptera. Entomologische Rundschau, 27, 158–160.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Tanganyika

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034