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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Selachina Emeljanov, 1962c: 769.

    type species by original designation Carchariacephalus apicalis Matsumura, 1908

  • Selachina Emeljanov, 1962 (incertae sedis in Deltocephali Fieber, 1869) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 36.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Emeljanov, A.F. (1962c) A new leafhopper genus Selachina (Cicadellidae, Auchenorrhyncha). [Новый род цикадок Selachina gen. n. (Cicadellidae, Auchenorrhyncha)]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 41(5), 769–770. [in Russian]
  • Zahniser, J.N., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Selachina Emeljanov, 1962

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Selache Cuvier, 1816 (Pisces, Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae: sharks), from Greek: σέλαχος (cartilaginous fish) + -ina (related to, wife of)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1012