World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
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 (8)

  • 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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  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016a) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae. Zootaxa, 4169(2), 201–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
  • Lallemand, V. (1927a) Description d'une nouvelle espèce de cercopide constituant un nouveau genre. (Hempit. Hom). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 96, 208.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1961a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VII. Cercopoidea. Part 2. Cercopidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VII + 607 pp.
  • Paladini, A. & Carvalho, G.S. (2008a) Revisão taxonômica de Kanaima Distant (Hemiptera, Cercopidae, Ischnorhininae). Revista Brasileira Entomol., 52(3), 311–325.
  • 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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species40711