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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Genus

Rhotana Walker, 1857

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Rhotana Walker, 1857b: 160.

    type species by original monotypy Rhotana latipennis Walker, 1857

  • Genestia Stål, 1858d: 450.

    type species by original monotypy Genestia vitriceps Stål, 1858

  • Genestia Stål, 1858 (subjective synonym of Rhotana Walker, 1857) in Fennah, 1969b: 66.
  • Decora Bierman, 1910 (subjective synonym of Rhotana Walker, 1857) in Zelazny, 1981a: 264.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Walker, F. (1857b) Catalogue of the homoperous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1, 141–175 + pls. 1, 8.
  • Stål, C. (1858d) Hemipterologiska bidrag. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 15, 433–454.
  • Bierman, C.J.H. (1910a) Homopteren aus Niederländisch Ost-Indien. II herausgegeben von D. MacGillavry und K. W. Dammerman. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 33, 1–68.
  • 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. (1917a) The Derbidae of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Journal of Science, 12, 49–105.
  • 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.
  • Fennah, R.G. (1969b) Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. Pacific Insects Monograph, 21, 1–116.
  • 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 Rhotana Walker, 1857

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Rhotala + -ana (related to)

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
Genus1034
Species8001999