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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Birrima castanea (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)

Red Treeticker

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Melampsalta castanea Goding & Froggatt, 1904a: 637. (valid in Duffels & Laan, 1985a: 281)
  • Melampsalta fulva Goding & Froggatt, 1904a: 648.

    Holotype; female; 75aae3b3-9c73-4c91-969c-ac8d0b144ae5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: New South Wales, Pamplin colln

  • Birrima montrouzieri Distant, 1906 (subjective synonym of Melampsalta castanea Goding & Froggatt, 1904) in Moulds, 1990a: 171.
  • Melampsalta fulva Goding & Froggatt, 1904 (subjective synonym of Melampsalta castanea Goding & Froggatt, 1904) in Moulds & Cowan, 2002a: 27.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Burns, A.N. (1957a) Check list of Australian Cicadidae. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey, 8(2), 609–678.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906c) Some undescribed species of Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 17, 384–389.
  • Duffels, J.P. & van der Laan, R.A. (1985a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956-1980. In K.A. Spencer (Ed.). Dr. W. Junk Publishers. Series Entomologica. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Netherlands. Vol. 34, xiv + 414 pp.
  • Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. (1904a) Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29, 561–668.
  • Hahn, D.E. (1962a) A list of the designated type specimens in the Macleay Museum. INSECTA. The University of Sydney, The Macleay Museum. 184p.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1907d) Leaf-Hoppers - Supplement (Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 3, 1–186, i-iii, pls. 1–20.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
  • Moulds, M.S. & Cowan, S.A. (2002a) Cicadoidea. In G. Cassis & C.F. Gross (Eds.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. pp. 1–55. [Published electronically]
  • Moulds, M.S. (1990a) Australian cicadas. New South Wales University Press, Kensington, NSW, 217 pp. + 24 pls.
  • Moulds, M.S. (2012a) A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa, 3287, 1–262.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: from chestnut, chestnut-colored

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078