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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Ulundia Distant, 1910e: 250.

    type species by original monotypy Ulundia decisa Distant, 1910

  • Chaetormenis Melichar, 1923a: 73.

    type species by original designation Elidiptera madagascariensis Signoret, 1860

  • Chaetormenis Melichar, 1923 (subjective synonym of Ulundia Distant, 1910) in Synave, 1955: 26.
  • Ulundia Distant, 1910 (classified as Cryptoflatina Melichar, 1923) in Ai, Bourgoin, Bu & Zhang, 2026: 6.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Distant, W.L. (1910e) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Homoptera. In Insecta transvaaliensia; a contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of South Africa. F. Edwards. London. Vol. 10, pp. 229–252, pls. XXII-XXIII.
  • Melichar, L. (1923a) Homoptera, fam. Acanalonidae, Flatidae et Ricaniidae. Genera Insectorum, 182, 1–185 + pls. 1–2.
  • Synave, H. (1955) Flatidae (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), 32(2), 21–47.
  • Ai, D.-Q., Bourgoin, T., Bu, W. & Zhang, Y.-L. (2026) Toward a new phylogeny-based classification of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): a diversification shaped by angiosperm expansion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 216, 1–13. [2025; no zoobank registration] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108508

Type

type species by original monotypy of Ulundia Distant, 1910

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Ulundi, also known as Mahlabathini (South Africa, Zululand District) + -ia (noun suffix)

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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species401317