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species

Tettigarcta tomentosa White, 1845

Tasmanian Hairy Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Tettigarcta tomentosa White, 1845c: 433.
  • Tettigarcta tormentosa [sic] White, 1845 in Hardy, 1918a: 71.
  • Tettigarcta tormentosa [sic] White, 1845 (misspelling of Tettigarcta tomentosa White, 1845) in Hardy, 1918a: 71.
  • Tettigarcta tomentosus White, 1845 in Pringle, 1954a: 560.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: having rough hairs

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hardy, G.H. (1918a) Tasmanian Cicadidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1917, 69–71.
  • Pringle, J.W.S. (1954a) A physiological analysis of cicada song. Journal of Experimental Biology, 31, 525–560.
  • White, A. (1845c) Description and figures of four new species of Australian insects. In Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with europeans by Edward John Eyer, resident magistrate, Murray River. London, T. and W. Boone. Vol. 1, Issue Appendix, pp. 432–434.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
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