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Species

Dalapax postica (Spinola, 1839)

Habitus, dorsal view on Dalapax nigricornis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) now Dalapax postica (Spinola, 1839): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Dalapax nigricornis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) now Dalapax postica (Spinola, 1839): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Dalapax nigricornis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) now Dalapax postica (Spinola, 1839): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (15)

  • Flata postica Spinola, 1839b: 420.

    Holotype; female; 13c216ef-6548-4b70-9b86-32037224a3ea; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria,” Genoa, Italy (MCG); South Africa: Cape of Good Hope

  • Dalapax postica (Spinola, 1839) in Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843a: 521.
  • Flata nivis Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Ricania (Pseudoflata) nigricornis Guérin-Méneville, 1844) in Melichar, 1902: 251.
  • Poeciloptera [sic] prasinaria Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Ricania (Pseudoflata) nigricornis Guérin-Méneville, 1844) in Melichar, 1902: 251.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1844) Insectes. In Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier: ou Représentation dáprès nature de lúne des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'ánimaux. Avec un texte descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas a tous les traitès de zoologie. 1829-1838. J.B. Baillière, Paris. pp. 239–390. [576 pp.] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27814313
  • Medler, J.T. (1990a) Types of Flatidae (Homoptera). XIV. Walker and Distant types in the British Museum. Oriental Insects, 24, 127–195.
  • Medler, J.T. (2001a) Review of Flatidae in Southern Africa, with keys and descriptions of new species (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea). Contributions on Entomology, International, 4(4), 323–375.
  • Melichar, L. (1902) Monographie der Acanaloniiden und Flatiden (Homoptera). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 16(3), 178–258. [1901]
  • Schaum, H.R. (1850a) Fulgorellae. In Allegemeine Encyklopädie der Wissenschaften und Kunste in alnhaberischen folge von Genannten Schriftstellern bearbeitet und herausgegeben von I.S. Ersch und I.G. Gruber mit Kupfern und Charten. Erster Section A-G. Vol. 51, pp. 58–73.
  • Spinola, M. (1839b) Essai sur les Fulgorelles, sous-tribu de la tribu des Cicadaires, ordre des Rhyngotes. (Suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8(2), 339–454, pl. 8.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Synave, H. (1958d) Chapter VIII. Hemiptera Homoptera: Cixiidae, Meenoplidae, Dictyopharidae, Tropiduchidae, Flatidae, Ricaniidae, Issidae, Eurybrachidae, Lophopidae, Cercopidae. Synave H. 1958 - South African Animal Life, V. Hanström, Brinck & Rudebeck. p. 158-189. [in French]
  • Walker, F. (1851a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 2, 261–636 pp. + 3–4 pls.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: back, rear

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