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Habitus, dorsal view on Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906: Habitus (Pettya sp.). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906: Habitus (Pettya sp.). (Observation).
Head on Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906: Head, pro-, and mesothorax (P. punctata Evans). (Observation).
Forewing on Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906: Forewing (P. punctata Evans). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906c: 343.

    type species by original monotypy Pettya anemolua Kirkaldy, 1906

  • Eutambourina Evans, 1942a: 27.

    type species by original designation Eutambourina punctata Evans, 1942

  • Eutambourina Evans, 1942 (subjective synonym of Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906) in Evans, 1966a: 272.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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. (1942a) New leaf-hoppers from Tasmania and Queensland. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1941, 27–30.
  • 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.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Pettya Kirkaldy, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek (πεττὸς): pawn, chess piece

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species4048