Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Asiraca longicornis Germar, 1830a: 56.
  • Asiraca longicornis Germar, 1830 (primary homonym of Asiraca longicornis Latreille, 1802)
  • Asiraca germari Metcalf, 1943a: 29.
  • Asiraca longicornis Germar, 1830 (replaced by Asiraca germari Metcalf, 1943) in Metcalf, 1943a: 29.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786–1853), a German mineralogist and entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera and Hemiptera

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Germar, E.F. (1830a) Species Cicadarium enumeratae et sub genera distributae. Entomologisches Archiv (T. Thon), 2(2), 37–57. [separate paged 1-8]
  • Latreille, P.A. (1802a) Famille troisième. Cicadaires; Cicadariae. In Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes: ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. F. Dufart. Paris. Vol. 3, pp. 256–263. [xii + 467 pp.] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53248#page/262/mode/1up
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.

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