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Tosena melanopteryx Kirkaldy, 1909

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Nomenclature (18)

  • Cicada (Tosena) melanoptera White, 1846a: 331.

    Syntype; adult; f8cc43e9-895a-45d5-a547-d3957d44093d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: North India. Syntype; adult; f8b46822-74ab-4230-9c80-54384af64185; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Bangladesh: Silhet, from Mr. Sowerby's collection

  • Cicada (Tosena) melanoptera White, 1846 (primary homonym of Cicada melanoptera Gmelin, 1789)
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  • Tosena melanopterix [sic] Kirkaldy, 1909 (misspelling of Tosena albata var. melanopteryx Kirkaldy, 1909) in Metcalf, 1963e: 570.
  • Tosena fasciata melanoptera (White, 1846) in Boulard, 2004e: 261.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: μέλας (black) + πτέρυξ (wing)

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Boulard, M. (2004e) Statut taxonomique et acoustique de quatre cigales thaïlandaises, dont deux restées inédites jusqu’ici (Rhynchota, Cicadomorpha, Cicadidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 20(3), 259–279. [2003]
  • Distant, W.L. (1889a) A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co.; R. Friedlander & Sohn. London; Berlin. 1-48. pl. i-iv.
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  • Fabricius, J.C. (1787a) Classis VII. Ryngota. Mantissa Insectorum. In Mantissa insectorum sistens species nvper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. . Vol. 2, pp. 260–275. [382 pp.]
  • Gmelin, J.F. (1789a) Insecta Hemiptera. In Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae. . Vol. 1, Issue 4, pp. 2041–2224. [pp. 1517-2224]
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909i) Hemiptera, old and new, No. 2. The Canadian Entomologist, 41, 388–392.
  • 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.
  • Moulton, J.C. (1923a) Cicadas of Malaysia. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 11, 69–182.
  • Price, B.W., Allan, E.L., Marathe, K., Sarkar, V., Simon, C.M. & Kunte, K. (2016) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4(e8051), 1–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8051
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
  • White, A. (1846a) Descriptions of some apparently new species of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 17, 330–333.

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