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species

Grootonia knighti (Webb, 1976)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Idioscopus knighti Webb, 1976a: 320.

    Holotype; male; 61a9ff74-c93d-4f50-a104-e25748b42899; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Botswana: Kuke Pan, 20°59'S; 22°25'E, 14-15.iv.1972, at light, British Museum Southern African Expedition

  • Grootonia knighti (Webb, 1976) in Webb, 1983b: 249.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Webb, M.D. (1976a) A review of the genus Idioscopus Baker (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in the Ethiopian region, with descriptions of twenty-seven new species and a comparison with the genus Idiocerus Lewis, sensu Ribaut (1952). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 39(2), 291–331.
  • Webb, M.D. (1983b) The Afrotropical idiocerine leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 47(3), 211–257.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of William James Knight, an entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha (British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.)

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