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Species

Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922

Habitus, dorsal view on Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Head on Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Other on Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cicada flavifolia Stoll, 1788a: 61. (non binominal: species not binominal)
  • Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922a: 27.

    Holotype; female; b4920e9f-3405-41b5-9fa4-2e56246a049b; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Peru: Napo River, VI.1920, Parish

  • Amastris flavifolia Funkhouser, 1927 (subjective synonym of Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922) in Sakakibara & Creão-Duarte, 2002a: 228.
  • Amastris vismiae Haviland, 1925 (subjective synonym of Amastris elevata Funkhouser, 1922) in Sakakibara & Creão-Duarte, 2002a: 228.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Stoll, C. (1788a) Cigales. Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des cigales, qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique; rassemblées et décrites. Jan Christiaan. Amsterdam, 124 pp. + 29 pls.
  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1922a) New records and species of South American Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30(1), 1–35.
  • Haviland, M.D. (1925a) The Membracidae of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species and bionomical notes. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 6(3), 229–290.
  • 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.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929e) The Membracidae of South America and the Antilles. IV. Subfamilies Hoplophorioninae, Darninae, Smiliinae, Tragopinae (Homoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 55, 197–330.
  • Broomfield, P.S. (1971a) A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 25, Issue 8, 325–386 pp.
  • Broomfield, P.S. (1976a) A revision of the genus Amastris (Homoptera: Membracidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 33(4), 349–460.
  • Sakakibara, A.M. & Creão-Duarte, A.J. (2002a) Nomenclatural notes in Membracidae (Homoptera): new combination and new synonymies in Amastris Stål, 1862. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 46(2), 227–228.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: raised, elevated

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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