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Habitus, dorsal view on Bhatia Distant, 1908: Bhatia satsumensis, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Bhatia Distant, 1908: Bhatia satsumensis, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908: Bhatia satsumensis, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 8-56: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841688: (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia Distant, 1908 nsp 841792: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Bhatia Distant, 1908g: 357. (Official List of Generic Names in Zoological Nomenclature in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1995: 282)

    type species by original designation Eutettix olivaceus Melichar, 1903

  • Melichariella Matsumura, 1914a: 236.

    type species by original designation Melichariella satsumensis Matsumura, 1914

  • Melichariella Matsumura, 1914 (subjective synonym of Bhatia Distant, 1908) in Esaki & Ito, 1954a: 94.
  • Melichariella Matsumura, 1914 (subjective synonym of Bhatia Distant, 1908) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 12.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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.]
  • Esaki, T. & Ito, S. (1954a) A tentative catalogue of Jassoidea of Japan, and her adjacent territories. Japan Society for Promotion of Science. Ueno Park, Tokyo, 315 pp.
  • International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1995) Opinion 1819. Bhatia Distant, 1908 (Insecta, Homoptera): Eutettix olivaceus Melichar, 1903 confirmed as the type species. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 52(3), 282.
  • Matsumura, S. (1914a) Die Jassinen und einige neue Acocephalinen Japans. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan., 5(7), 165–240.
  • Zhang, Y.-L. & Webb, M.D. (1996a) A revised classification of the Asian and Pacific selenocephaline leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 65(1), 1–103.

Type

type species by original designation of Bhatia Distant, 1908

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Bhatia, one of castes of Bheel country of the Vindhyan Range, India

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species90615