genus

Zammara Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Zammara Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843a: 468.
type species by subsequent designation Tettigonia tympanum Fabricius, 1803 in Westwood, 1843d: 33
Cicada (Zammara) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Erichson, 1849a: 616.

Zamara [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Stål, 1862e: 18.
Zamara [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (misspelling of Zammara Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in Stål, 1862e: 18.

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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Arabic: zammara (to sing using flute); Hebrew: zammar (singer)

Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
Erichson, W.F. (1849a) Homoptera. In Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844 in auftrag Sr. majestat des konigs von Preussen ausgefubit von Richard Schomburgk. Nebst einer Fauna und Flora Guiana's nach Vorlagen von J. Muller, Ehrenberg, Erichson, Klotzsch, Troschel, Cabanis und andern. Mit Abbildungen und einer Karte von British-Guiana aufgenommen von Sir Robert Schomburgk. J.J. Weber, Leipzig. Vol. 3, pp. 614–616. [1848; viii + 533–1260 pp.]

Stål, C. (1862e) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna. II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75.
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.]