genus

Biturritia Goding, 1930

Lamproptera Germar, 1833a: 178.
type species by subsequent designation Centrotus capreolus Germar, 1821 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 420
Lamproptera Germar, 1833 (homonym of Lamproptera Gray, 1832)
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Lamphroptera [sic] Germar, 1833 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1534.
Lamphroptera [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Lamproptera Germar, 1833) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1534.

Centrotus capreolus Germar, 1821 type species by original designation of Biturritia Goding, 1930

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: bi- (two) + turritus (towered, turreted) (referring to two turret-like dorsal projections of the thorax) + -ia (noun suffix)

Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.
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Gray, G.R. (1832a) The animal kingdom. In The seventh order of Insects: Hemiptera. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pidgeon, and notices of new genera and species by George Gray. Gilbert & Rivington. London. Vol. 15, pp. 216–293 + pls. 108–109. [796 pp. + 74-128 pls.]
Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section II. Part 1 - Membracidae (continued): Smiliinae, Tragopinae, Membracinae. Part 2 - Aetalionidae. Part 3 - Biturritiidae. Part 4 - Nicomiidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 744–1552 pp.