genus
Geisha Kirkaldy, 1900
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Geisha Kirkaldy, 1900e: 296.
type species by original designation Poeciloptera [sic] distinctissima Walker, 1858
- Ceisha [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 in Liang, 1995b: 105.
- Ceisha [sic] Kirkaldy, 1900 (misspelling of Geisha Kirkaldy, 1900) in Liang, 1995b: 105.
Type
Poeciloptera [sic] distinctissima Walker, 1858 type species by original designation of Geisha Kirkaldy, 1900
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Japanese: 芸者 (geisha, traditional Japanese female entertainer)
Nomenclature references (2)
- Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900e) Rhynchota miscellanea. Entomologist, 33, 296–297.
- Liang, A.-P. (1995b) Homoptera: Fulgoroidea. In H. Wu (Ed.). Insects of Baishanzu Mountain, eastern China. Series of the Bioresources Expedition to the Baishanzu Mountain Nature Reserve. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. pp. 104–105. [in Chinese; 586 pp.]
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| species | 9 | 5 | 4 |