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Habitus, dorsal view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, dorsally (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus n.sp., dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus n.sp., lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, pygofer, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Stylus on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, stylus, ventrally (BMNH). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, aedeagus, laterally (BMNH). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, aedeagus, caudally (BMNH). (Observation).
Connective on Banus Distant, 1908: Banus maculosus, connective, ventrally (BMNH). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Banus Distant, 1908g: 353.

    type species by original designation Banus oblatus Distant, 1908

  • Banus Distant, 1908 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 151.
  • Banus Distant, 1908 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.]
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • 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 Banus Distant, 1908

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Banus, first century desert-dwelling Jewish ascetic, teacher of Titus Flavius Josephus

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species4037