genus
Nielsonia Young, 1977
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Nielsonia Young, 1977a: 794.
type species by original designation Nielsonia praestigia Young, 1977
Type
Nielsonia praestigia Young, 1977 type species by original designation of Nielsonia Young, 1977
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of Mervin William Nielson (1927–2019), an entomologist who specialized in Coelidiinae, United States Department of Agriculture + -ia (noun suffix)
Nomenclature references (1)
- Young, D.A., Jr. (1977a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella. Technical Bulletin of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 239, 1–1135.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |