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Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858)

Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): Park, J., Lee, B. W., & Jung, S. (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Flatidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(4), 514-525. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): Park, J., Lee, B. W., & Jung, S. (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Flatidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(4), 514-525. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): Park, J., Lee, B. W., & Jung, S. (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Flatidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(4), 514-525. (Observation).
Head: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): Park, J., Lee, B. W., & Jung, S. (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Flatidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(4), 514-525. (Observation).
Forewing: !! display not done !! on Geisha distinctissima (Walker, 1858): Park, J., Lee, B. W., & Jung, S. (2021). Taxonomic review of the family Flatidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14(4), 514-525. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Poeciloptera [sic] distinctissima Walker, 1858b: 114.

    Lectotype; male; be9ace77-6534-4720-aa08-ea4d74ebd44a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); China: North China

  • Flata distinctissima (Walker, 1858) in Stål, 1862b: 490.
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  • Ceisha [sic] disiinctissima [sic] Walker, 1858 in Wang & Zhao, 2001: 179.
  • Ceisha [sic] disiinctissima [sic] Walker, 1858 (misspelling of Poeciloptera [sic] distinctissima Walker, 1858) in Wang & Zhao, 2001: 179.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Jacobi, A.F.V. (1915) Kritische Bemerkungen über die Flatinae (Rhynchota Homoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1915, 157–178.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900e) Rhynchota miscellanea. Entomologist, 33, 296–297.
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  • 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.]
  • 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. (1990a) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera). XIV. Walker and Distant types in the British Museum. Oriental Insects, 24, 127–195.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Wang, Y.-P. & Zhao, M.-S. (2001) Homoptera: Cixiidae, Delphacidae, Ricaniidae, Flatidae, Dictyopharidae and Cercopidae. In H. Wu & C.-W. Pan (Eds.). Insects of Tianmushan National Nature Reserve. Science Press, Beijing, China. pp. 177–180. [in Chinese; xv + 764 p.]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: separate, distinct + -issima (diminutive suffix, smallest)

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