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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Kolla vesta Distant, 1908g: 224.

    Lectotype; female; d0a3a33c-7655-4a63-a046-370e8a68cb51; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India, Himachal Pradesh: Kangra Valley, 4500 ft., May 1899, Dudgeon

  • Atkinsoniella vesta (Distant, 1908) in Young, 1986a: 97.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965c) Cicadelline types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 17(4), 163–199.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1986a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 3. Old World Cicadellini. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 281, 1–639.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Vesta, in Roman mythology, the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012