species

Ceresa distans Butler, 1877

Descendants and synonyms

Ceresa distans Butler, 1877a: 218. (valid in Andrade, 2004a: 692)
Holotype; adult; 48 133; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Para
Ceresa distans Butler, 1877 (subjective synonym of Membracis vitulus Fabricius, 1775) in Funkhouser, 1927f: 206.

Ceresa peruensis Remes Lenicov, 1973a: 82.
Holotype; male; 4ebaf649-545f-4ad7-b7c1-0f8efd532f2c; deposited at: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo (IMLA); Peru, Junín: Valle Chanchamayo, 800 m, 1.VIII.1941, Weyrauch
Ceresa peruensis Remes Lenicov, 1973 (subjective synonym of Ceresa distans Butler, 1877) in Andrade, 2004a: 692.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: distant

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.
Butler, A.G. (1877a) On various genera of the homopterous family Membracidae with description of new species. In Cistula Entomologica. London. Vol. 2, pp. 205–222.
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de Remes Lenicov, A.M.M. (1973a) Contribucion al estudio de los Membracidos neotropicales I. Revision del genero Ceresa Amyot et Serville. De Acta Zoologica Lilloana del Instituto "Miguel Lillo.", 30, 53–134. [in Spanish; Castilian]
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.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2