genus
Literna Stål, 1866
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (6)
- Literna Stål, 1866a: 63.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada nigra De Geer, 1778 in Lallemand, 1912a: 112
- Litorna [sic] Stål, 1866 in Lallemand, 1942e: 431.
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- Leterna [sic] Stål, 1866 in Metcalf, 1961a: 589.
- Leterna [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Literna Stål, 1866) in Metcalf, 1961a: 589.
Type
Cicada nigra De Geer, 1778 type species by subsequent designation of Literna Stål, 1866
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Liternum, and ancient town of Campania, southern central Italy
Nomenclature references (5)
- Lallemand, V. & Synave, H. (1961a) Revision des Cercopinae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Deuxième partie. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. (Ser. 2)., 66, 1–153.
- Lallemand, V. (1912a) Homoptera fam. Cercopidae. Genera Insectorum, 143, 1–167 + pls. 1–8.
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- Metcalf, Z.P. (1961a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VII. Cercopoidea. Part 2. Cercopidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VII + 607 pp.
- Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 42 | 27 | 15 |
| subspecies | 3 | 2 | 1 |