genus

Thopha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Thopha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843a: 471.
type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia saccata Fabricius, 1803 in Westwood, 1843d: 33
Topha [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Stål, 1859b: 269.
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Tropha [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Costa-Neto, 2008a: 453.
Tropha [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (misspelling of Thopha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in Costa-Neto, 2008a: 453.

Tettigonia saccata Fabricius, 1803 type species by subsequent designation of Thopha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Hebrew: thoph (drum, tympanum)

Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
Bennett, G.M. (1860a) Biological notes on the cicadas. In Gatherings of a naturalist in Australia being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral Islands. pp. 270–273. [xii-456 pp.]
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Stål, C. (1859b) Species novas descripsit. Konglinga svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser På H. Maj: t Konung Oscar den Förstes befallning utgifna. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4, 219–298, pls. 3–4.
Westwood, J.O. (1843d) Description of some homopterous insects from the East Indies. In Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. William Smith, London. Vol. 2, Issue 15, pp. 33–35. [1845; 191 + 1 (Errata et corrigenda) pp. + 48 pls.]