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Genus

Gannia Theron, 1979

Habitus, dorsal view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, female, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, female, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, subgenital plates and valve, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Stylus on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, connective, stylus, and aedeagus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Gannia Theron, 1979: Gannia viraktamathi, female sternite VII, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Gannia Theron, 1979a: 77.

    type species by original designation Gannia salsoli Theron, 1979

  • Gannia Theron, 1979 (classified as Selenocephalidae Fieber, 1872) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 166.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Theron, J.G. (1979a) Cicadellidae (Hemiptera) associated with the ganna bush, Salsola esterhuyseniae Botsch. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 42(1), 77–88.
  • 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

Type

type species by original designation of Gannia Theron, 1979

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

on ganna bush, Salsola esterhuyseniae Botsch. (Amaranthaceae) + -ia (noun suffix)

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
Species150217