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- Membracoidea
- Membracidae
- Smiliinae
- Amastrini
- Amastris Stål, 1862
genus
Amastris Stål, 1862
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Amastris Stål, 1862e: 29.
type species by subsequent designation Thelia compacta Walker, 1858 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 301
Type
Thelia compacta Walker, 1858 type species by subsequent designation of Amastris Stål, 1862
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Amastris (Greek: Ἄμαστρις), in Greek mythology, a small Black Sea port town, now Amasra (Turkey, Bartin Prov.); Amastris was also one of Amazons, a tribe of women warriors
Nomenclature references (2)
- 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.
- Stål, C. (1862e) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna. II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| species | 119 | 78 | 41 |