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Hemikyptha Metcalf, 1927: _Hemikyptha punctata_. (Otu).
Hemikyptha Metcalf, 1927: _Hemikyptha punctata_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Hemikyptha Metcalf, 1927a: 16.

    type species by original designation Membracis punctata Fabricius, 1775

  • Hemikypta [sic] Metcalf, 1927 in da Costa Lima, 1942a: 51.
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  • Hemikyphta [sic] Metcalf, 1927 (misspelling of Hemikyptha Metcalf, 1927) in Müller, 1949a: 356.
  • Hemikyptha Metcalf, 1927 (classified as Darnides Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) in González-Mozo, Dietrich, Cao, Newton & Ware, 2025: 897.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • da Costa Lima, Â.M. (1942a) Insetos do Brasil. 3. Tomo. Homópteros. Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 3, 327 pp.
  • González-Mozo, L.C., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Newton, L.G. & Ware, J.L. (2025) Evolution of defensive strategies in the treehopper tribe Darnini (Hemiptera: Membracidae) revisited using anchored hybrid enrichment data. Systematic Entomology, 50(4), 886–902. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12688
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1927a) Homopterological cleanings No. 2. The types of certain genera of Membracidae. Entomological News, 38, 14–17.
  • Müller, H.J. (1949a) Zur Systematik und Phylogenie der Zikaden-Endosymbiosen. Biologisches Zentralblatt, 68, 343–368.

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Type

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

partial anagram of Hemiptycha

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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
genus1023
species702734