Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Tibicen (Quintilia) Stål, 1866a: 28.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada rufiventris Walker, 1850 in Distant, 1905d: 205

  • Quintilia Stål, 1866 in Karsch, 1890b: 86.
  • Quintillia [sic] Stål, 1866 in Moulds, 1990a: 7.
  • Quintillia [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Tibicen (Quintilia) Stål, 1866) in Moulds, 1990a: 7.

Type

Cicada rufiventris Walker, 1850 type species by subsequent designation of Quintilia Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after gens Quinctilia or Quintilia, a patrician family in ancient Rome, dating from the earliest period of Roman history, and continuing well into imperial times

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1905d) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 7), 15, 478–486.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890b) Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Singcikaden Afrika's und Madagaskar's. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 35, 85–130.
  • Moulds, M.S. (1990a) Australian cicadas. New South Wales University Press, Kensington, NSW, 217 pp. + 24 pls.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus312
species1012180