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genus

Tricentrus Stål, 1866

Tricentrus Stål, 1866: _Tricentrus fairmairei_. (Otu).
Tricentrus Stål, 1866: _Tricentrus fairmairei_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (30)

  • Tricentrus Stål, 1866c: 387. (valid in McKamey, 1998a: 117)

    type species by subsequent designation Centrotus fairmairei Stål, 1859 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965a: 379

  • Otaris Buckton, 1903a: 249.

    type species by original monotypy Otaris auritus Buckton, 1903

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  • Tricenerus [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Tricentrus Stål, 1866) in Yuan & Chou, 2002a: 64.
  • Trientrus [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Tricentrus Stål, 1866) in Yuan & Chou, 2002a: 64.

Type

Centrotus fairmairei Stål, 1859 type species by subsequent designation of Tricentrus Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: τρεις, τρι- (three) + κέντρον (sharp point)

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Ahmad, I. & Yasmeen, N. (1974a) A new tribe of the sufmamily Centrotinae Amyot et Serville (Homoptera: Membracidae) with comments on its phylogeny. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 71, 175–191.
  • Ahmad, I. & Yasmeen, N. (1979b) New species and records of the Tricentrus projectus group (Homoptera: Membracidae: Tricentrini) from Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Bangladesh, with phylogenetic considerations. Pacific Insects, 20(2-3), 257–278.
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  • Allen, W.R. (1951a) The Funkhouser collection of Membracidae. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 44, 485–487.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • Buckton, G.B. (1905a) Observations on some undescribed or little-known species of Hemiptera-Homoptera of the family Membracidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 9, 329–338.
  • 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.]
  • Distant, W.L. (1916c) Rhynchotal notes. - LIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 17, 313–330.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1914c) Some Philippine Membracidae. Pomona College Journal of Entomology, 6, 67–74.
  • 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]
  • Kato, M. (1928b) Notes on Formosan Membracidae, with descriptions of one new genus and some new species. The Insect World, 32, 37–52.
  • Matsumura, S. (1912a) Die Cicadinen Japans II. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 8, 15–51.
  • McKamey, S.H. (1998a) Taxonomic catalogue of the Membracoidea (exclusive of leafhoppers): second supplement to fascicle I – Membracidae of the General Catalogue of the Hemiptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 60, 1–377.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section I. Part 1 - Membracidae: Centrotinae, Platybelinae, Hoplophorioninae, Darninae. USA: Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, VI + 743 p.
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1866c) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 381–394.
  • Yuan, F. & Chou, I. (2002a) Fauna Sinica. Insecta. Volume 28. Homoptera. Membracoidea: Aetalionidae Membracidae. Science Press, Beijing, China, xix + 590 pp. + IV pls. [in Chinese]
  • Yuan, F. & Li, H. (1992) Homoptera: Membracidae. In F.-S. Huang (Ed.). Insects of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing. pp. 123–125. [1993]
  • Yuan, F., Fan, X.-L., Cui, Z.-X. & Xu, Q.-Y. (1997a) Studies on systematics of tribe Tricentrini (Homoptera: Membracidae: Centortinae sic). I. Descriptions of eight new species of the genus Tricentrus from China. Entomotaxonomia, 19(2), 91–103.

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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
genus101415
species2380203441