Genus
Chlorocysta Westwood, 1851
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (9)
- Cystosoma (Chlorocysta) Westwood, 1851a: 208.
type species by original monotypy Cystosoma (Chlorocysta) vitripennis Westwood, 1851
- Chlorocysta Westwood, 1851 in Stål, 1863c: 575.
- Mardalana Distant, 1905 (subjective synonym of Cystosoma (Chlorocysta) Westwood, 1851) in Moulds, 1990a: 185.
- Chlorocysta (Chlorocysta) Westwood, 1851 in Moulds & Cowan, 2002a: 19.
Nomenclature references (7)
- Westwood, J.O. (1851a) Descriptions of some new species of exotic homopterous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 2), 7, 207–210.
- Stål, C. (1863c) Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, (Series 3), 1, 571–603. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100203#page/612/mode/2up
- Moulds, M.S. (1990a) Australian cicadas. New South Wales University Press, Kensington, NSW, 217 pp. + 24 pls.
- Moulds, M.S. & Cowan, S.A. (2002a) Cicadoidea. In G. Cassis & C.F. Gross (Eds.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. pp. 1–55. [Published electronically]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: χλωρός (pale green) + κύστις, κύστη (cavity, cyst)
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Species | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |