genus
Auscala Moulds, 2012
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Auscala Moulds, 2012a: 57.
type species by original designation Melampsalta spinosa Goding & Froggatt, 1904
Type
Melampsalta spinosa Goding & Froggatt, 1904 type species by original designation of Auscala Moulds, 2012
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
from Australia + Latin: cala (log, wood) (referring to the male's song that resembles creaking of tree branches)
Nomenclature references (1)
- Moulds, M.S. (2012a) A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa, 3287, 1–262.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |