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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Poecilopsaltria hova Distant, 1901a: 591.
  • Yanga hova (Distant, 1901) in Distant, 1904b: 297.
  • Platypleura hova (Distant, 1901) in Sanborn, 2021: 12.
  • Yanga hova (Distant, 1901) in Sanborn, 2021: 12.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1901a) Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1901, 581–592.
  • Distant, W.L. (1904b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 14, 293–303.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (2021) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species. Zootaxa, 4937(1), 1–79. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Hova (free commoners), one of the three main social classes in the pre-colonial Kingdom of Imerina in Madagascar

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023