genus
Kanaima Distant, 1909
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (8)
- Kanaima Distant, 1909a: 212.
type species by original designation Tomaspis katzensteinii Berg, 1879
- Pachypterinella Lallemand, 1927a: 208.
type species by original designation Pachypterinella fusca Lallemand, 1927
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- Kanaima Distant, 1909 (classified as Ischnorhinini Schmidt, 1920) in Hamilton, 2016a: 205.
- Kanaima Distant, 1909 (classified as Tomaspidinae Jacobi, 1921) in Crispolon, Soulier-Perkins & Guilbert, 2023: 511.
Type
Tomaspis katzensteinii Berg, 1879 type species by original designation of Kanaima Distant, 1909
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Kanaima, an evil spirit believed by indigenous people of British Guiana and northwestern Brazil to be an avenger
Nomenclature references (7)
- Crispolon, E.S., Jr., Soulier-Perkins, A. & Guilbert, E. (2023) Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea). Zoologica Scripta, 52(5), 494–516. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12597
- Distant, W.L. (1909a) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 3, 187–213.
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- Paladini, A. & Cavichioli, R.R. (2015a) A new genus and new species of spittlebug (Hemiptera: Cercopidae: Ischnorhininae) from Southern Brazil. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 32(1), 47–52.
- Schmidt, E. (1920a) Neue Zikaden von den Philippinen, Sumatra und Java. (Rhynchota-Homoptera). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 81, 43–56.
Stats
| Names | |||
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| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| species | 10 | 4 | 6 |