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Purohita (Parapurohita) muiri Metcalf, 1943

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Purohita nigripes Muir, 1919e: 521.

    Syntypes; female, male; 9874; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Malaysia: Penang, C.F. Baker

  • Purohita nigripes Muir, 1919 (primary homonym of Purohita nigripes Muir, 1916)
  • ... Show all ... (2)
  • Purohita (Neopurohita) nigripes Muir, 1919 in Yang & Yang, 1986a: 73.
  • Purohita (Parapurohita) muiri Metcalf, 1943 in Yang & Yang, 1986a: 72.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

in honor of Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (1872–1931), an English entomologist who specialized in Auchenorrhyncha

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1943a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 3. Araeopidae (Delphacidae). Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 552 pp.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1916b) Additions to the known Philippine Delphacidae (Hemiptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 11, 369–385.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1919e) Some Malayan Delphacidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 15, 521–531.
  • Yang, J.-T. & Yang, C.-T. (1986a) Delphacidae of Taiwan (I). Asiracinae and the tribe Tropidocephalini (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series, 6, 1–79.

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