subgenus

Pentastiridius (Pentastiridius) Kirschbaum, 1868

Descendants and synonyms

Pentastiridius Kirschbaum, 1868b: 45.
type species by original monotypy Flata pallens Germar, 1821
Pentastiridius (Pentastiridius) Kirschbaum, 1868 in Emeljanov, 1995d: 82.

Pentastridius [sic] Kirschbaum, 1868 in Kuznetsova, Golub & Maryańska-Nadachowska, 2024: 119.
Pentastridius [sic] Kirschbaum, 1868 (misspelling of Pentastiridius Kirschbaum, 1868) in Kuznetsova, Golub & Maryańska-Nadachowska, 2024: 119.

Flata pallens Germar, 1821 type species by original monotypy of Pentastiridius (Pentastiridius) Kirschbaum, 1868

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Pentastira + -idius (Greek: -ίδιον, diminutive suffix)

Emeljanov, A.F. (1995d) New taxa of the tribe Pentastirini (Homoptera, Cixiidae) from the Palearctic Region. [Новые таксоны трибы Pentastirini (Homoptera, Cixiidae) из Палеарктики]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 74(9), 73–89. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 1996, 75(5), 129-145]
Kirschbaum, C.L. (1868b) Die Cicadinen der gegend von Wiesbaden und Frankfurt a. M. nebst einer anzahl neuer oder Schwer zu unterscheidender Arten aus anderen Gegenden Europa's Tabellarisch Beschrieben. Jahrbücher des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 21-22, 1–202. [1867-1868]

Kuznetsova, V.G., Golub, N.V. & Maryańska-Nadachowska, A. (2024) Number of seminal follicles and ovarioles in Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha): Variability and evolutionary trends. European Journal of Entomology, 121, 109–123. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2024.014