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Genus

Amblyscarta Stål, 1869

Habitus, dorsal view on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Amblyscarta invenusta (?) @ Bolivia, by Steve Marshall. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Head. (Observation).
Other on Amblyscarta Stål, 1869: Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Tettigonia (Amblyscarta) Stål, 1869a: 71.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada modesta Fabricius, 1803 in Kirkaldy, 1907d: 89

  • Amblyscarta Stål, 1869 in Breddin, 1901f: 101.
  • Strictogonia Melichar, 1926a: 358.

    type species by original designation Cicada unifasciata Fabricius, 1803

  • Strictogonia Melichar, 1926 (subjective synonym of Tettigonia (Amblyscarta) Stål, 1869) in Mejdalani, Domahovski & Cavichioli, 2019: 380.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Breddin, G. (1901f) Neue neotropische Wanzen und Zirpen. Societas Entomologica, 16, 100–101.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908a) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 1, 515–531.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Mejdalani, G.L.F., Domahovski, A.C. & Cavichioli, R.R. (2019) Three new Brazilian species of the sharpshooter genus Amblyscarta Stål, 1869 and redescription of A. unifasciata (Fabricius, 1803) comb. nov. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini). Zootaxa, 4711(2), 379–392. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4711.2.9
  • Melichar, L. (1926a) Monographie der Cicadellinen. III. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 23, 273–394.
  • Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Amblyscarta Stål, 1869

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: αμβλύς (blunt, optuse) + σκάρτος (fiddler)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1045
Species2904877