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Forewing on Carvaka modesta Distant, 1918: Forewing. (Observation).
Forewing on Carvaka modesta Distant, 1918: Forewing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Carvaka modesta Distant, 1918b: 41.

    Syntypes; female; 32343cf8-1c0e-494f-b3c9-3d2071b2661e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India

  • Selenocephalus brunneus Singh-Pruthi, 1930a: 37.

    Holotype; female; ab5b0b0f-55ce-48ae-b6c9-243d451fa1d5; deposited at: National Pusa Collection, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India (NPC); India

  • Carvaka brunneus (Singh-Pruthi, 1930) in Zhang & Webb, 1996a: 13.
  • Selenocephalus brunneus Singh-Pruthi, 1930 (subjective synonym of Carvaka modesta Distant, 1918) in Viraktamath, 1998a: 161.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. (1930a) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and description of some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 1–68 + pls. I-V.
  • Viraktamath, C.A. (1998a) A revision of the leafhopper tribe Paraboloponini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) in the Indian subcontinent. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London (Entomol.)., 67(2), 153–207.
  • 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:

Latin: restrained, modest

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023