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species

Literna (Literna) maura (Thunberg, 1822)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Cicada nigra De Geer, 1778a: 615.
  • Cicada nigra De Geer, 1778 (primary homonym of Cicada nigra Goeze, 1778)
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  • Triecphora afra Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Cercopis maura Thunberg, 1822) in Metcalf, 1961a: 339.
  • Literna (Literna) nigra (De Geer, 1778) in Synave, 1968: 5.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • De Geer, C. (1778a) Cigales. In Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insects. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. Vol. 7, pp. 613–615. [xii + 950 pp. + 49 pls.]
  • Goeze, J.A.E. (1778a) Hemiptera. In Entomologische beyträge zu des ritter Linné Zwolften ausgabe des natursystems. Bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig. Vol. 2, pp. 117–164. [lxxii + 352 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45974
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  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1921a) Kritische Bemerkungen über die Cercopidae. (Rhynchota Homoptera). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 87, 1–65.
  • 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. (1855a) Hemiptera från Kafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 12, 89–100.
  • Stål, C. (1855c) Om Thunbergska Hemipterarter. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 12, 345–347.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Synave, H. (1968) Les especes Africaines du genre Literna Stal (Homoptera - Cercopidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 44(4), 1–35. [in French]
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1822a) Dissertatio entomologica de Hemipteris rostratis Capensibus. Part I. Upsaliae: Excudebant Regiae Academiae Typographi, 1–9 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9281
  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: Moorish, North African

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