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genus

Sikaiana Distant, 1907

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (12)

  • Sikaiana Distant, 1907e: 398.

    type species by original designation Sikaiana hyalinata Distant, 1907

  • Sikaina [sic] Distant, 1907 in Waterhouse, 1912: 275.
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  • Sikaiana Distant, 1907 (classified as Sikaianini Muir, 1917) in Fennah, 1952b: 116.
  • Euklastus Metcalf, 1923 (subjective synonym of Sikaiana Distant, 1907) in Fennah, 1952b: 118.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Ball, E.D. (1928b) Some new genera and species of N. A. Derbidae with notes on others (Fulgoridae). The Canadian Entomologist, 60, 196–201.
  • Distant, W.L. (1907e) Rhynchotal notes. -- XLII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 19(113), 395–416.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1917) Rhynchota. Part II: Suborder Homoptera. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 17, 273–322.
  • 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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1923a) A key to the Fulgoridae of Eastern North America with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 38(3-4), 139–230.
  • 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. (1918b) Notes on the Derbidae in the British Museum collection. – I. Zoraidinae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 54, 173–177.
  • Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Sikaiana, one of Solomon Islands and a language spoken in Indonesia

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
genus1056
species170320