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Genus

Vekunta Distant, 1906

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Temesa Melichar, 1903b: 40.

    type species by subsequent designation Temesa tenella Melichar, 1903 in Metcalf, 1945a: 91

  • Temesa Melichar, 1903 (homonym of Temesa Adams, 1855)
  • Vekuntia [sic] Distant, 1906 (misspelling of Vekunta Distant, 1906) in Clausen, 1931a: 46.
  • Vekunta Distant, 1906 (classified as Cenchreinae Muir, 1917) in Fennah, 1952b: 128.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Clausen, C.P. (1931a) Insects injurious to agriculture in Japan. Circular of the United States Department of Agriculture, 168, 1–116.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906d) Preoccupied generic names in the homopterous family Fulgoridae. The Entomologist, 39, 8.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1952b) On the generic classification of Derbidae (Fulgoroidea), with descriptions of new Neotropical species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 103(4), 109–170.
  • Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1945a) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle IV. Fulgoroidea. Part 4. Derbidae. Part 5. Achilixiidae. Part 6. Meenoplidae. Part 7. Kinnaridae. Northhampton, MA: Smith College, 252 pp.

Type

type species by original designation of Vekunta Distant, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Vaikuntha, in Hinduism, the celestial abode (dwelling) of Vishnu

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
Genus1023
Species4801058