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Metcalfiella Goding, 1929

Metcalfiella Goding, 1929: _Metcalfiella_. (Otu).
Metcalfiella Goding, 1929: _Metcalfiella_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Metcalfiella Goding, 1929c: 168.

    type species by original designation Hoplophora pertusa Germar, 1835

  • Metcalfiella Goding, 1929a: 7. (nomen nudum: no description)
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  • Metcalpiella [sic] Goding, 1929 in Tidman, 1951a: 29.
  • Metcalpiella [sic] Goding, 1929 (misspelling of Metcalfiella Goding, 1929) in Tidman, 1951a: 29.

Type

Hoplophora pertusa Germar, 1835 type species by original designation of Metcalfiella Goding, 1929

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885–1956), an entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha, North Carolina State University (USA, North Carolina, Raleigh) + -iella (diminutive suffix)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Goding, F.W. (1929a) Notes on some South American Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 37, 7–9.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929c) New Membracidae, VIII. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 37, 167–168.
  • Tidman, D.A. (1951a) Some agricultural and horticultural problems in Brazil. Plant Protection Overseas Review, 2, 20–32.

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