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Habitus, dorsal view on Danavara tennentina (Walker, 1858): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Danavara tennentina (Walker, 1858): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Poeciloptera [sic] tennentina Walker, 1858b: 111.

    Holotype; male; 09039971-01e2-4e2d-a7b9-ed5c5fc85189; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka, former Ceylon

  • Scarpanta tennentina (Walker, 1858) in Stål, 1862b: 490.
  • Danavara tennentina (Walker, 1858) in Distant, 1906i: 404.
  • Danavara latipennis (Kirby, 1891) in Distant, 1906i: 405.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891a) Catalogue of the described Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera of Ceylon, based on the collection formed (chiefly at Pundaloya) by Mr. E. Ernest Green. The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, 24, 72–176.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1900d) Notes on some Sinhalese Rhynchota. Entomologist, 33, 293–295.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Sir James Emerson Tennent (born James Emerson; 1804-1869), a resident Colonial Secretary in Ceylon; in recognition of his encyclopedic surveys of the colony, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045