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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Taparella amata (Walker, 1868)

Habitus, lateral view on Taparella amata (Walker, 1868): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Taparella amata (Walker, 1868): (Observation).
Head on Taparella amata (Walker, 1868): (Observation).
Other on Taparella amata (Walker, 1868): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Nephesa amata Walker, 1868c: 175.

    Lectotype; female; 721d25e3-4f85-4dc2-9b1b-097bdc2ca9d0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Indonesia, Irian Jaya Barat: Waigeo Island, Wallace

  • Nephesa amata var. ß Walker, 1868c: 175. (unavailable: less than two letters)
  • Taparella discoidalis (Melichar, 1902) in Medler, 1989a: 29.
  • Taparella amata (Walker, 1868) in Medler, 1989a: 29.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Walker, F. (1868c) Catalogue of the homopterous insects collected in the Indian Archipelago by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. (Continued). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 10(43), 133–193. [1870; pp. 82-193] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31587958#page/10/mode/1up
  • Melichar, L. (1902a) Monographie der Acanolaniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera) (Fortsetzung). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 17(1), 1–253 + pls. 1–9.
  • Distant, W.L. (1910d) Rhynchota Malayana. Part III. Records of the Indian Museum, 5, 313–338.
  • Medler, J.T. (1985b) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) III. Lectotype designations and taxonomic notes on species in the Budapest Museum. Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 46(2), 111–116.
  • Medler, J.T. (1986f) Types of Flatidae. 1. Lectotype designations and taxonomic notes on species in Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Reichenbachia, 23(2), 107–113.
  • Medler, J.T. (1986l) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) VIII. Lectotype designations and taxonomic notes on species in the Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 47(2), 207–211.
  • Medler, J.T. (1989a) New Guinea Flatidae (Homoptera): species collected on economic and other plants, with descriptions of new species. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology, 2, i-viii + 1–79.
  • Medler, J.T. (1991a) Review of Paratella Melichar and Taparella Medler in New Guinea, with descriptions of new species (Homoptera: Flatidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 31, 106–121.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Amata, in Roman mythology, the wife of Latinus, king of the Latins; Latin: loved, having been loved (participle)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species10910