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
- Leterna [sic] Stål, 1866 in Lallemand, 1923c: 234.
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- Litorna [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Literna Stål, 1866) in Lallemand, 1942e: 431.
- Literna Stål, 1866 (classified as Rhinaulacini Kirkaldy, 1906) in Lallemand & Synave, 1961a
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. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 66, 1–153. [in French]
- Lallemand, V. (1912a) Homoptera fam. Cercopidae. Genera Insectorum, 143, 1–167 + pls. 1–8.
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- Lallemand, V. (1942e) Cercopides du Muséum de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (Série 2), 14, 428–432.
- Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| species | 27 | 0 | 15 | 42 | |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |