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Stylus on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Stylus, ventral view. (Observation).
Stylus on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Stylus, ventral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Aedeagus, anterior view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Aedeagus, prosterior view. (Observation).
Connective on Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996: Connective, ventral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Bhatia olivacea Distant, 1908 non Melichar, 1903 in Distant, 1908g: 357.
  • Bhatia olivacea Distant, 1908 non Melichar, 1903 (misapplication, linked to Eutettix olivaceus Melichar, 1903)
  • Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 13.

    Holotype; male; 32df002f-58db-4b78-8c64-f81160d37d6a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka: Peradeniya, iv.1905

  • Bhatia olivacea Distant, 1908 non Melichar, 1903 (unavailable, linked to Bhatia distanti Zhang & Webb, 1996) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 12.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.]
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of William Lucas Distant (1845–1922), an entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera (British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.)

Stats

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