species

Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850)

Clay Bank Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (19)

Cicada sericea Walker, 1850a: 169. (valid in Metcalf, 1963g: 378)
Holotype; female; 98518927-518a-471b-8cbe-2d2234065ad1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand, Auckland: collected by Dr A. Sinclair around the Waitemata Harbour
Cicada nervosa Walker, 1850a: 213.
Holotype; male; c337ebfd-f0d5-4b0e-8450-7db5e07a7882; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Zealand: presented by Dr. Sinclair
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Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850) in Dugdale, 1972a: 869.
Notopsalta sericea sericea (Walker, 1850) in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 565.

Nomenclature references (16)

Alfken, J.D. (1904a) Beitrag zur Insectenfauna der Hawaiischen und Neuseeländischen Inseln.(Ergebnisse einer. Reise nach dem Pacific.) Schauinsland 1896-97. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, 19, 561–628.
Distant, W.L. (1892e) On some undescribed Cicadidae, with synonymical notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 6), 10, 54–67.
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Distant, W.L. (1906j) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part 1. Cicadidae. Printed by order of the Trustees. London., 1906, 1–207.

Dugdale, J.S. (1972a) Genera of New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science, 14, 856–882. [1971]

Hutton, F.W. (1898a) Synopsis of the Hemiptera of New Zealand which have been described previous to 1896. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 30, 167–187.

Kirby, W.F. (1896a) Notes on the Cicadidae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 28, 454–459.

Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909h) A list of the Hemiptera (excluding Sternorrhyncha) of the Morian Subregion, with notes on a few of the species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 41, 22–29.

Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. (2010a) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, 63, 1–232.

Linnaeus, C. (1758a) II. Hemiptera. In Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. pp. 434–439. [iv + 823 + 1 (Emendanda, Addenda) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.

Myers, J.G. (1921a) A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera), with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 53, 238–250 + pls. XLV-XLVI.

Myers, J.G. (1926c) New or little-known Australasian cicadas of the genus Melampsalta, with notes on songs by Iris Myers. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 33, 61–76.

Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.

Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.

Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
White, F.B. (1879a) List of the Hemiptera of New Zealand. (Continued). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 15, 213–216.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: silken, made of silk

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	10	11