genus

Nisitra Walker, 1869

Descendants and synonyms

Nisitra Walker, 1869b: 327.
type species by subsequent designation Nisitra telifera Walker, 1869 in Metcalf, 1952a: 229
Tharra Kirkaldy, 1906c: 324.
type species by original monotypy Tharra labena Kirkaldy, 1906
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Tharra Kirkaldy, 1906 (subjective synonym of Nisitra Walker, 1869) in Wang, Dietrich & Zhang, 2024: 546.
Nisitrana Metcalf, 1952 (unnecessary replacement for Nisitra Walker, 1869) in Dmitriev, 2024

Nisitra telifera Walker, 1869 type species by subsequent designation of Nisitra Walker, 1869

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Nisitra Island (Mediterranean Sea)

Dmitriev, D.A. (2024) Personal communication.
Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
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Walker, F. (1869b) Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. (Continued from p. 193). Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 10(45), 276–330. [1870] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1869.tb00663.x
Wang, X.-D., Dietrich, C.H. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2024) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leafhopper subfamily Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Entomology, 49(4), 536–548 + 8 suppl. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12628