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genus

Alara Distant, 1911

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Alara Distant, 1911e: 643. (valid in Zelazny, 1981a: 216)

    type species by original monotypy Alara dux Distant, 1911

  • Mecynorhynchus Muir, 1913c: 82.

    type species by original designation Mecynorhynchus kershawi Muir, 1913

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  • Alara Distant, 1911 (subjective synonym of Sumangala Distant, 1911) in Fennah, 1969b: 67.
  • Mecynorhynchus Muir, 1913 (subjective synonym of Alara Distant, 1911) in Zelazny, 1981a: 216.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Distant, W.L. (1911e) Descriptions of new genera and species of Oriental Homoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 8, 639–649.
  • 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.
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  • Fennah, R.G. (1969b) Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monograph, 21, 1–116.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1913c) On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part II. Derbidae. Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 12, 28–92.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1918d) Notes on the Derbidae in the British Musuem collection. – II. Derbinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 54, 228–243.
  • Zelazny, B. (1981a) The Philippine species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines.. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4), 213–285.

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Alara, a King of Kush who is generally regarded as the founder of the Napatan royal dynasty by his 25th Dynasty Nubian successors and was the first recorded prince of Nubia

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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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
genus1012
species3301346