genus

Sikaiana Distant, 1907

Sikaiana Distant, 1907e: 398.
type species by original designation Sikaiana hyalinata Distant, 1907
Sikaina [sic] Distant, 1907 in Waterhouse, 1912a: 275.
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Euklastis [sic] Metcalf, 1923 (misspelling of Euklastus Metcalf, 1923) in Ball, 1928b: 199.
Euklastus Metcalf, 1923 (subjective synonym of Sikaiana Distant, 1907) in Fennah, 1952b: 118.

Sikaiana hyalinata Distant, 1907 type species by original designation of Sikaiana Distant, 1907

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

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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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. (1912a) 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. Printed for the Society. London, vi + 324 pp.