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Genus

Machaerota Burmeister, 1835

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (21)

  • Machaerota Burmeister, 1835a: 128.

    type species by original monotypy Machaerota ensifera Burmeister, 1835

  • Narnia Walker, 1868c: 192.

    type species by original monotypy Narnia rastrata Walker, 1868

  • Pachymachaerota Schmidt, 1907 (subjective synonym of Machaerota Burmeister, 1835) in Maa, 1963a: 97.
  • Promaxudea Lallemand, 1927 (subjective synonym of Machaerota Burmeister, 1835) in Maa, 1963a: 96.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1835a) Schnabelkerfe. Rhynchota. In Handbuch der Entomologie. Gustav Reimer, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 99–183. [1832-1855]
  • Walker, F. (1868c) Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. (Continued). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 10(43), 133–193. [1870; pp. 82-193] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31587958#page/10/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Schmidt, E. (1907b) Monographie der Subfamilie Machaerotinae Stål, ein beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cercopiden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 68(1), 165–200.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Shiraki, T. (1913b) Investigations upon insects injurious to cotton. Special Report of the Formosa Agricultural Experiment Station, 5, 1–282. [1912; in Chinese]
  • Schmidt, E. (1918c) Neue Gattungen und Arten der Subfamilie Machaerotinae Stål. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cercopiden. (Rhynchota Homoptera). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 79, 366–373.
  • Lallemand, V. (1927b) Descriptions de cercopides nouveaux provenant de la collection du British Muséum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 75, 99–118. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1927.tb00063.x
  • Schmidt, E. (1928b) Die Zikaden des Buitenzorger Museums. (Hemipt. -Homopt.). I. Treubia. Recueil de Travaux Zoologiques, Hydrobiologiques, et Océanographiques, 10(1), 107–144.
  • Matsumura, S. (1940a) New species and genera of Cercopidae in Japan, Korea and Formosa with a list of the known species. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 45(2), 35–82.
  • Maa, T.-C. (1949a) On some Machaerotinae from South-eastern Asia. (Homoptera). Treubia. Recueil de Travaux Zoologiques, Hydrobiologiques, et Océanographiques, 20, 11–24.
  • Maa, T.-C. (1963a) A review of the Machaerotidae (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea). Pacific Insects Monograph, 5, 1–166.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Machaerota Burmeister, 1835

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: μαχαιρωτός (sabre-shaped)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus10910
Species49052101