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subgenus

Gargara (Gargara) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Gargara Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843a: 537.

    type species by original monotypy Membracis genistae Fabricius, 1775

  • Gorgora [sic] Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 in Townsend, 1892b: 196.
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  • Macrops [sic] Buckton, 1903 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1458.
  • Macrops [sic] Buckton, 1903 (misspelling of Maerops Buckton, 1903) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1458.

Type

Membracis genistae Fabricius, 1775 type species by original monotypy of Gargara (Gargara) Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Gargara (Greek: Γάργαρα), ancient coastal city in Anatolia, the name was taken from the son of Zeus and Larissa, Gargaros; Hebrew: gargar (grain)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. 39–60.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section II. Part 1 - Membracidae (continued): Smiliinae, Tragopinae, Membracinae. Part 2 - Aetalionidae. Part 3 - Biturritiidae. Part 4 - Nicomiidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 744–1552 pp.
  • Townsend, C.H.T. (1892b) Biologic notes on New Mexico insects. The Canadian Entomologist, 24(8), 193–200.

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