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Species

Beaufortiana distanti (Funkhouser, 1951)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Beaufortiana cornuta Distant, 1916d: 31.

    Holotype; female; f5451940-b0cf-48e5-bf0a-4a6092ff6f34; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa, Western Cape: Beaufort West, C.G.H., 20" May: 01

  • Beaufortiana cornuta Distant, 1916 (subjective synonym of Beaufortiana difficilis Distant, 1916) in Goding, 1932a: 217.
  • Centrotobelus braunsi Capener, 1952 (subjective synonym of Beaufortiana cornuta Distant, 1916) in Capener, 1968a: 13.
  • Beaufortiana distanti (Funkhouser, 1951) in McKamey, 1997a: 5.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758a) II. Hemiptera. In Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. pp. 434–439. [iv + 823 + 1 (Emendanda, Addenda) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
  • Distant, W.L. (1916d) Rhynchotal notes. -- LX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 18, 19–44.
  • Goding, F.W. (1932a) The Membracidae of Africa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 40, 205–238.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1951a) Homoptera. Fam. Membracidae. In P. Wytsman (Ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles, Desmet-Verteneuil. Vol. 208, pp. 1–383. + pls. XIV. [1950-1952]
  • Capener, A.L. (1952b) Notes on the classification of certain African Membracidae with the addition of three new genera and four new species (Hemipt.-Homopt.). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 15(2), 101–121.
  • Capener, A.L. (1968a) The taxonomy of the African Membracidae. Part 2. The Centrotinae. Entomology Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of South Africa, 17, i-iii + 1–124.
  • Broomfield, P.S. (1971a) A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 25, Issue 8, 325–386 pp.
  • McKamey, S.H. (1997a) Nomenclatural changes in the Membracidae and Aetalionidae (Hemiptera: Membracoidea): species-group names and Sphongophorus Fairmaire, revised status. Steenstrupia, 22, 1–11. [1996]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of William Lucas Distant (1845–1922), an entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera, British Museum (Natural History) (U.K., London)

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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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Species1045