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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854

Nymph on Petalocephala flavomaculata (Kirkaldy, 1906) now Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854: (Observation).
Nymph on Petalocephala flavomaculata (Kirkaldy, 1906) now Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854b: 251.

    Syntypes; adult; fa9c830a-089a-4b3e-a890-c9e0ca371701; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Indonesia: Java, coll. E. Jacobsen

  • Petalocephala bohemanni [sic] Stål, 1854 in Walker, 1858b: 255.
  • Rubria ingens (Kirkaldy, 1906) in Evans, 1966a: 103.
  • Rhotidus ingens Kirkaldy, 1906 (subjective synonym of Petalocephala bohemani Stål, 1854) in Evans, 1977a: 104.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Stål, C. (1854b) Nya Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 11(8), 231–255.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1859b) Species novas descripsit. Konglinga svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser På H. Maj: t Konung Oscar den Förstes befallning utgifna. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4, 219–298, pls. 3–4.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Evans, J.W. (1966a) The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 12, 1–347.
  • Evans, J.W. (1977a) The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoidea). Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum, 31(3), 83–129.
  • Day, M.F.C. & Fletcher, M.J. (1994a) An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 8(5), 1117–1288.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Carl Henrik Boheman (1796-1868), an entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056