genus

Carynota Fitch, 1851

Descendants and synonyms

Carynota Fitch, 1851a: 48.
type species by subsequent designation Membracis mera Say, 1831 in Van Duzee, 1890c: 391
Caranota [sic] Fitch, 1851 in Walker, 1852a: 1144.
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Obtileta [sic] Stål, 1867 in Funkhouser, 1951a: 153.
Obtileta [sic] Stål, 1867 (misspelling of Optilete Stål, 1867) in Funkhouser, 1951a: 153.

Fitch, A. (1851a) Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, 4, 43–69.
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.
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Van Duzee, E.P. (1890c) Synonymy of the Homoptera described by Say, Harris and Fitch. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 5, 387–391.
Walker, F. (1852a) Supplement. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London, Edward Newman. Vol. 4, pp. 1119–1188.

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κάρυον (nut) + νῶτον (back, dorsum)

No descendants observations found