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Genus

Varta Distant, 1908

Habitus, dorsal view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrovittata, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrovittata, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrovittata, lateral habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, male pygofer, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, male pygofer, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, male pygofer, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, subgenital plates, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, aedeagus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, aedeagus, caudally (INHS). (Observation).
Connective on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, connective and stylus, ventrally (INHS). (Observation).
Ovipositor on Varta Distant, 1908: Varta rubrofasciata, male segment II abdominal sternal apodemes (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Varta Distant, 1908g: 320. (valid in Viraktamath & Anantha Murthy, 1999a: 51)

    type species by original designation Varta rubrofasciata Distant, 1908

  • Purpuranus Zakhvatkin, 1933b: 262.

    type species by original designation Platymetopius rubrostriatus Horváth, 1907

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  • Purpuranus Zakhvatkin, 1933 (subjective synonym of Varta Distant, 1908) in Viraktamath & Anantha Murthy, 1999a: 54.
  • Varta Distant, 1908 (classified as Vartini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 177.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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.]
  • Dlabola, J. (1958a) Records of leafhoppers from Czechoslovakia and south European countries (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 3(30), 7–15.
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  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1978d) Revision of the Ethiopian Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Paraboloponinae and Deltocephalinae. Scaphytopiini and Goniagnathini. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 92(2), 457–500.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Viraktamath, C.A. & Anantha Murthy, H.V. (1999a) A revison [sic] of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini from India and Nepal (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 79(1), 39–55.
  • 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
  • Zakhvatkin, A.A. (1933b) Sur quelques Homoptères intéressants de la faune Italienne. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 12, 262–272.

Type

type species by original designation of Varta Distant, 1908

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Varta, a practical science of managing the means of livelihood in ancient India

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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