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genus

Oryxa Melichar, 1902

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Oryxa Melichar, 1902: 198.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada truncata Linnaeus, 1763 in Melichar, 1902a

  • Pseudoryxa Schmidt, 1904a: 200.

    type species by original monotypy Pseudoryxa carinulata Schmidt, 1904

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  • Odyxa [sic] Melichar, 1902 (misspelling of Oryxa Melichar, 1902) in Kirkaldy, 1913a: 22.
  • Pseudoryxa Schmidt, 1904 (subjective synonym of Oryxa Melichar, 1902) in Medler, 1996b: 46.

Type

Cicada truncata Linnaeus, 1763 type species by subsequent designation of Oryxa Melichar, 1902

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Oryx (Greek: Όρυξ), an ancient city in Arcadia

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1913a) On some new species of leaf-hoppers. Part 1. Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 12, 7–27.
  • Medler, J.T. (1996b) Flatidae of Borneo, with descriptions of new genera and species (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Oriental Insects, 30, 11–96.
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  • Melichar, L. (1902) Monographie der Acanaloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 16, 178–258. [1901]
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanoloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Schmidt, E. (1904a) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Flatiden von Sumatra. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 65, 182–212.

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