Genus
Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (5)
- Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900d: 293.
type species by original designation Nirvana pseudommatos Kirkaldy, 1900
- Nirtana [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 in Yokoyama, 1925a: 192.
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- Niravna [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 in Wu, 1935a: 80.
- Niravna [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 (misspelling of Nirvana Kirkaldy, 1900) in Wu, 1935a: 80.
Nomenclature references (3)
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900d) Notes on some Sinhalese Rhynchota. Entomologist, 33, 293–295.
- Wu, C.-F. (1935a) Catalogus insectorum sinensium. (Catalogue of Chinese insects). Fan Memorial Institute of Biology. Peiping, Vol. 2, ii + 634 pp.
- Yokoyama, T. (1925a) Comprehensive check-list of Japanese insects injurious to the silk-worm mulberry. The Insect World, 29(6), 187–195. [in Japanese]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Sanskrit: nirvana (blowing out, quenching), in Buddhism, the term describing the goal of the Buddhist path, the liberation from cycles of rebirth
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Species | 10 | 0 | 18 | 28 |