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Live specimen on Sumangala sufflava (Muir, 1913): (Observation).
Live specimen on Sumangala sufflava (Muir, 1913): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Sumangala sufflava (Muir, 1913): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Sumangala sufflava (Muir, 1913): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Levu sufflava Muir, 1913c: 84.

    Holotype; female; ecdf89e5-71a2-47ae-8586-930afed5e486; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Indonesia, Borneo: Mowong, F.A.G. Muir

  • Rhotana hopponis Matsumura, 1914d: 294.
  • Rhotana hopponis Matsumura, 1914 (subjective synonym of Levu sufflava Muir, 1913) in Zelazny & Webb, 2011a: 188.
  • Rhotana hopponis Matsumura, 1914 (subjective synonym of Levu sufflava Muir, 1913) in Chen, Wang, Wang & Zhang, 2026: 51.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • 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.
  • Matsumura, S. (1914d) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fulgoriden Japans. Annales Musei Historico-Naturalis Hungarici, 12, 261–305.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1914a) On some Derbidae from Formosa and Japan. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 3(1), 42–52.
  • Muir, F.A.G. (1915a) New and little-known Derbidae. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 3, 116–136.
  • 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.
  • Zelazny, B. (1981a) The Philippine species of Rhotanini (Homoptera: Derbidae) and their distribution outside the Philippines.. Pacific Insects, 23(3-4), 213–285.
  • Yang, C.-T. & Wu, R.-H. (1994a) Derbidae of Taiwan (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). National Chung Hsing University, Department of Entomology, Taichung, Taiwan, vi + 230 pp.
  • Zelazny, B. & Webb, M.D. (2011a) Revision of the planthopper tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae). Zootaxa, 3071, 1–307.
  • Chen, W.-Q., Wang, M.-Q., Wang, Y.-L. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2026) Taxonomy of the tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5820(1), 1–60. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5820.1.1
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: yellowish

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1089