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Habitus, dorsal view on Amberana lemuria (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amberana lemuria (Distant, 1908): (Observation).
Other on Amberana lemuria (Distant, 1908): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Dauphina lemuria Distant, 1908c: 314.

    Holotype; female; 5ff77c94-4bb5-47c1-90e5-e27c275de117; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Madagascar, Fort Dauphin

  • Amberana lemuria (Distant, 1908) in Lallemand, 1949a: 72.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908c) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 2, 309–323.
  • Lallemand, V. (1949a) Revision des Cercopinae (Hemiptera Homoptera) Première partie. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. (Ser. 2)., 32, 1–193.
  • Soulier-Perkins, A. & Kunz, G. (2012a) Revision of the malagassy endemic genus Amberana Distant (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) with description of one new genus. Zootaxa, 3156, 1–42.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: festival of spirits; a hypothesized continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012