Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (9)

  • Majella Kirkaldy, 1906c: 421.

    type species by original monotypy Majella majella Kirkaldy, 1906

  • Majella Kirkaldy, 1906 (homonym of Majella Ortmann, 1893)
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  • Majella Kirkaldy, 1906 (replaced by Majellana Metcalf, 1948) in Metcalf, 1948a: 63.
  • Majellana Metcalf, 1948 (subjective synonym of Deferunda Distant, 1912)

Type

Deferunda stigmatica Distant, 1912 type species by original monotypy of Deferunda (Deferunda) Distant, 1912

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Deferunda (felling the tree), one of four "functional goddesses" in "Acta Arvalia"

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1912a) Descriptions of new genera and species of Oriental Homoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 9(50), 181–194.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Matsumura, S. (1914d) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fulgoriden Japans. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 12, 261–305.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1948a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 10. Achilidae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College. 85 p.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
subgenus413
species21147