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Species

[Cicada] danais Fabricius, 1798 (Nomen dubium)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Cicada danais Fabricius, 1798a: 520. (nomen dubium in Young, 1986a: 624)

    Syntype; 9b05b1f1-e2ec-471f-bdc0-2bb2a2ad1622; deposited at: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC);

  • Cicada daenais [sic] Fabricius, 1798 in Donovan, 1820a: 6.
  • Cicada danais Fabricius, 1798 (incertae sedis in Cicadelloe Latreille, 1825) in Young, 1986a: 624.
  • Cicadella danais (Fabricius, 1798) in McKamey, 2007: 74.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Donovan, E. (1820a) Cicada. In A. Rees (Ed.). The cyclopedia; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences and literature. Vol. 8, pp. 1–7.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1798a) Ryngota. In Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Proft et Storch, Hafniae. pp. 511–524. [572 pp.]
  • McKamey, S.H. (2007) Taxonomic catalogue of the leafhoppers (Membracoidea). Part 1. Cicadellinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 78, 1–394.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1856d) Revue iconographique des Tettigonides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3 série), 3(4), 765–836 + pls. 23–24. [1855]
  • 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.
  • Zimsen, E. (1964) Hemiptera. In The type materials of I.C. Fabricius. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. pp. 281–354. [656 pp.]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Danais (Greek: Δαναΐς), in Greek mythology, the mother of Chrysippus

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045