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Species

Atrapsalta encaustica (Germar, 1834)

Black Squeaker

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Cicada encaustica Germar, 1834a: 62.

    Lectotype; male; 9e0a3083-ab2a-4382-b02d-354b2c134ed8; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Australia, New South Wales: New Holland, Moreton Bay

  • Cicada arclus Walker, 1850a: 174.
  • Melampsalta (Pauropsalta) encaustica (Germar, 1834) in Young, 1972: 238.
  • Atrapsalta encaustica (Germar, 1834) in Owen & Moulds, 2016a: 172.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Germar, E.F. (1834a) Observations sur plusieurs espèces du genre Cicada, Latr. In Revue entomologique. Gustave Silbermann. Strassburg et Paris. Vol. 2, pp. 49–82, pls. 19–26.
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Stål, C. (1862) Genera nonnulla nova Cicadinorum. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4 série), 1(4), 613–622. [1861]
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. (1904a) Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29, 561–668.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906j) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part 1. Cicadidae. Printed by order of the Trustees. London., 1906, 1–207.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1972) Analysis of songs of some Australina cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 11, 237–243.
  • Ewart, A. (1989b) Revisionary notes on the genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt (Homoptera: Cicadidae) with special reference to Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 27(2), 289–375.
  • Owen, C.L. & Moulds, M.S. (2016a) Systematics and phylogeny of the Australian cicada genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and allied genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini). Records of the Australian Museum, 68(4), 117–200. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1598
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: encaustic, burned in

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species10910