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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Purohita Distant, 1906i: 470.

    type species by original designation Purohita cervina Distant, 1906

  • Purohita (Purohita) Distant, 1906 in Yang & Yang, 1986a: 64.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
  • 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.

Type

type species by original designation of Purohita (Purohita) Distant, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Purohita, Vedic priest (literally, "one who is placed in front")

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subgenus1012
Species4048