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genus

Potnia Stål, 1866

Potnia Stål, 1866: _Potnia_. (Otu).
Potnia Stål, 1866: _Potnia_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (12)

  • Potnia Stål, 1866c: 388.

    type species by subsequent designation Membracis venosa Germar, 1821 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 94

  • Hoplophora (Enchotypa) Stål, 1869a: 37.

    type species by original monotypy Hoplophora granadensis Fairmaire, 1846

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  • Enchenotype [sic] Stål, 1869 (misspelling of Hoplophora (Enchotypa) Stål, 1869) in Funkhouser, 1943d: 462.
  • Aconophoroides Fowler, 1894 (subjective synonym of Potnia Stål, 1866) in McKamey & Deitz, 1991b: 194.

Type

Membracis venosa Germar, 1821 type species by subsequent designation of Potnia Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Potnia (Greek: πότνια), in Greek mythology, an epithet of Persephone

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Fowler, W.W. (1894a) Some new species of Membracidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1894, 415–424.
  • Fowler, W.W. (1894c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 2, pp. 25–56.
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  • 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.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1943d) Membracidae of Guatemala. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 36, 455–482.
  • Goding, F.W. (1892a) A synopsis of the subfamilies and genera of the Membracidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Philadelphia), 19, 253–260.
  • Goding, F.W. (1926e) Classification of the Membracidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 34, 295–317.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929a) Notes on some South American Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 37, 7–9.
  • McKamey, S.H. & Deitz, L.L. (1991b) Nomenclatural changes in the treehopper tribes Hoplophorionini, Smiliini, and Talipedini (Homoptera: Membracidae). Preceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington., 93(1), 193–196.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1927a) Homopterological cleanings No. 2. The types of certain genera of Membracidae. Entomological News, 38, 14–17.
  • Stål, C. (1866c) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 381–394.
  • Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.

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