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genus

Kosasia Distant, 1910

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Kosasia Distant, 1910e: 240. (valid)

    type species by original monotypy Kosasia typica Distant, 1910

  • Atritona Melichar, 1914g: 5.

    type species by original designation Atritona paradoxa Melichar, 1914

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  • Atritona Melichar, 1914 (subjective synonym of Hodoedocus Jacobi, 1910) in Metcalf, 1963b: 23.
  • Atritona Melichar, 1914 (subjective synonym of Kosasia Distant, 1910) in Dmitriev, 2024

Type

Kosasia typica Distant, 1910 type species by original monotypy of Kosasia Distant, 1910

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Kosasi, an African tribe

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Baker, C.F. (1923a) The Jassoidea related to the Stenocotidae with special reference to Malayan species. Philippine Journal of Science, 23(4), 345–405.
  • Distant, W.L. (1910e) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Homoptera. In Insecta transvaaliensia; a contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of South Africa. F. Edwards. London. Vol. 10, pp. 229–252, pls. XXII-XXIII.
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  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2024) Personal communication.
  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1910b) 12 Hemiptera. 7 Homoptera. In Y. Sjöstedt (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Akademie der wissenschaften. Vol. 2, pp. 97–136.
  • Melichar, L. (1914g) Homopterorum nova genera et species novae Aethiopicae. Časopis České Společnosti Entomologické, 11, 1–9.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 7. Nirvanidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA. 35 p.

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Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus211
species431