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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851)

Green Planthopper; Torpedo Bug
Habitus, dorsal view on Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851): (Observation).
Head on Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Poeciloptera [sic] acuta Walker, 1851a: 448.

    Lectotype; female; dab45669-7978-43c3-b345-f5a444c49f02; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, former New Holland, Mr. Argent's collection

  • Poeciloptera [sic] cupido Walker, 1851a: 453.

    Holotype; male; 589; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Siphanta lucindae Kirkaldy, 1906c: 455.

    Holotype; male; e2143d81-3ffa-4168-b276-3c5b6e4ee5af; deposited at: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM); Australia, Queensland: Lucinda point, VII.1904

  • Siphanta lucindae Kirkaldy, 1906 (subjective synonym of Poeciloptera [sic] acuta Walker, 1851) in Medler, 2000a: 8.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Costa, A. (1864a) Descrizione de taluni insetti stranieri all'Europa. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli, 2, 139–151.
  • Fletcher, M.J. (1985a) Revision of the genus Siphanta Stål (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Flatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 110, 1–94.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1899b) Eine neu Hawaii'sche Fulgoriden-Gattung und Art. Entomologisches Nachrichten. Dresden, 25, 359.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1902a) Hemiptera. In D. Sharp (Ed.). Fauna Hawaiiensis or the zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the joint committee appointed by the Royal Society of London for Promoting Natural Knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and carried on with the assistance of those bodies and of the Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum at Honolulu. Vol. 3, Issue 2, pp. 93–174 + pls. 4–5.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
  • Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. (2010a) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, 63, 1–232.
  • Medler, J.T. (1990a) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera). XIV. Walker and Distant types in the British Museum. Oriental Insects, 24, 127–195.
  • Medler, J.T. (2000a) Flatidae of New Guinea and adjacent areas (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 8, i-viii + 1–117.
  • Medler, J.T. (2001a) Review of Flatidae in Southern Africa, with keys and descriptions of new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Contributions on Entomology, International, 4(4), 323–375.
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Stål, C. (1862) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-Fauna II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 3(6), 1–75. [in Latin; 1860]
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: sharp, acute (angle)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056