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Habitus, dorsal view on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 now Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 now Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Head on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Head on Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 now Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Other on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Other on Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).
Other on Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 now Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922a: 31.

    Holotype; female; c7a28c97-c6f2-45e5-a50f-29549f758e76; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Brazil: Manaos, Flores, 7.xi.1919, Parish

  • Amastris fasciata Broomfield, 1976a: 375.

    Holotype; male; 5d5f23da-8e75-4534-990c-5a2ef11047df; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Guyana: New River, 4-5.v.1938, Hudson

  • Amastris pseudomaculata Broomfield, 1976 (subjective synonym of Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922) in Sakakibara & Creão-Duarte, 2002a: 227.
  • Amastris sakakibarai Broomfield, 1976 (subjective synonym of Amastris maculata Funkhouser, 1922) in Sakakibara & Creão-Duarte, 2002a: 227.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Broomfield, P.S. (1976a) A revision of the genus Amastris (Homoptera: Membracidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 33(4), 349–460.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1922a) New records and species of South American Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30(1), 1–35.
  • 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: having spots

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045