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genus

Telamona Fitch, 1851

Telamona Fitch, 1851: _Telamona excelsa_. (Otu).
Telamona Fitch, 1851: _Telamona excelsa_. (Otu).
Helonica Ball, 1931: _Telamona excelsa_. (Otu).
Live specimen: Telamona ampelopsidis, female. Front Royal, Warren Co., Virginia, USA; September 10, 2022. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Telamona Fitch, 1851a: 50.

    type species by subsequent designation Telamona fasciata Fitch, 1851 in Van Duzee, 1893b: 410

  • Telemona [sic] Fitch, 1851 in Brodie & White, 1883a: 59.
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  • Talamona [sic] Fitch, 1851 in Moore, 1950a: 254.
  • Talamona [sic] Fitch, 1851 (misspelling of Telamona Fitch, 1851) in Moore, 1950a: 254.

Type

Telamona fasciata Fitch, 1851 type species by subsequent designation of Telamona Fitch, 1851

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Telamones (Greek: Τελαμών), a synonym of Atlantes, European architectural sculpture; in allusion to the enormous backs of these insects

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Ball, E.D. (1931f) A monographic revision of the treehoppers of the tribe Telamonini of North America. Entomologica Americana (New Series), 12, 1–69.
  • Brodie, W. & White, J.E. (1883a) Check list of insects of the Dominion of Canada. C. Blackett Robinson. Toronto, 67 pp.
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  • 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.
  • Goding, F.W. (1926e) Classification of the Membracidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 34, 295–317.
  • Moore, G.A. (1950a) Catalogue des Hémiptères de la Province de Québec. Nat. Canadien., 77, 233–271.
  • Severin, H.C. (1927a) A third report upon the Membracidae (treehoppers) of South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 11, 33–49.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1893b) Corrections and notes to the preceding catalogue. In Reprint of Fitch's Catalogue with references and descriptions of the insects collected and arranged for the State Cabinet of Natural History. Report of the New York State Museum of Natural History, 46, 410.

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Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus615
species703139
subspecies22715