species

Cedusa funesta Fowler, 1904

Descendants and synonyms

Cedusa funesta Fowler, 1904c: 112.
Syntype; adult; d406019a-db4f-4580-b3ea-45bf0e8280c5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Veracruz: Atoyac, Schumann. Syntype; adult; 3fc8bb2e-4192-4537-adb5-930afa810728; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Tabasco: Teapa, H.H. Smith. Syntypes; adult; 25879c08-dd18-4592-aae4-192c88eb01f8; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico, Guerrero: Xucumanatlan and Chilpancingo, H.H. Smith. Syntype; adult; aa66fb30-cd32-4cd4-8c5b-c89a09fa18f5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Guatemala, Baja Verapaz: San Geronimo, or San Jerónimo, Champion
Herpis funesta (Fowler, 1904) in Muir, 1913a: 112.

Cedusa tropicalis Caldwell, 1944e: 452.
Holotype; male; M.F. 797; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Guatemala, Petén: San Jose, Lake Petén Itzá, 13.XI.1925, on light at the shores of the lake, Dampf
Cedusa tropicalis Caldwell, 1944 (subjective synonym of Cedusa funesta Fowler, 1904) in Flynn & Kramer, 1983a: 239.

Caldwell, J.S. (1944e) The genus Cedusa in Mexico and Central America. (Hom. Fulg.). Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas (Mexico), 3, 445–462.
Flynn, J.E. & Kramer, J.P. (1983a) Taxonomic study of the planthopper genus Cedusa in the Americas (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae). Entomography, 2, 121–260.

Fowler, W.W. (1904c) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Hemiptera-Homoptera. (Continued). In Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Porter. London. Vol. 1, pp. 109–124.
Muir, F.A.G. (1913a) On the genus Lamenia Stål. The Canadian Entomologist, 45(4), 112.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: deadly, fatal

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	2	3