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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Thamnotettix umbratus Melichar, 1903b: 185.

    Holotype; female; 973161d1-6738-4aed-93eb-782b4be1df24; deposited at: Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum], Brno, Czechia (MMBC); Sri Lanka, former Ceylon: Peradeniya, 29.iii.1902, Dr. Melichar leg, Dr. Uzel

  • Paralimnus umbratus (Melichar, 1903) in Distant, 1908g: 397.
  • Thamnotettix umbratus Melichar, 1903 (classified as Athysanini Van Duzee, 1892) in Webb & Heller, 1990a: 7.
  • Banus umbratus (Melichar, 1903) in Viraktamath, Webb & Yeshwanth, 2025: 12.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. (1936a) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part III. Descriptions of some new genera and species, with first records of some known species from India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 101–131 + pls. VIII + IX.
  • Webb, M.D. & Heller, F.R. (1990a) The leafhopper genus Pseupalus in the Old World tropics, with a check-list of the Afrotropical and Oriental Paralimnini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie), 452(10), 1–10.
  • Viraktamath, C.A., Webb, M.D. & Yeshwanth, H.M. (2025) Review of the Monobazus-group leafhopper genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of five new genera and twenty-eight new species. Zootaxa, 5567(1), 1–105. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5567.1.1
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: living in shade

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034