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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Amastris fonsecai Broomfield, 1976a: 382.

    Holotype; male; 2d7c6781-8a90-41a1-930f-47bf460647a8; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Pedro Canario Es, Conccicao da Barra, x.1972, Alvarenga

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Broomfield, P.S. (1976a) A revision of the genus Amastris (Homoptera: Membracidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 33(4), 349–460.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of José Pinto da Fonseca (1896–1982; Instituto Biológico, São Paulo, Brazil), an entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001