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Habitus, dorsal view on Paracrocampsa amida (Distant, 1908): male: Paracrocampsa amida, Ecuador, AMNH. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Paracrocampsa amida (Distant, 1908): male: Paracrocampsa amida, Ecuador, AMNH. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Amblydisca amida Distant, 1908b: 70.

    Lectotype; male; 99-104; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Cachabe, low c., XI.1896, Rosenberg, Ecuador

  • Paracrocampsa amida (Distant, 1908) in Young, 1968a: 131.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908b) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLIV (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 57–84.
  • 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. (1968a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Part 1. Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, i-vi+1–287.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Amida, an ancient city in Mesopotamia located within modern Diyarbakır, Turkey

Stats

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