Genus
Samsama Distant, 1906
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Samsama Distant, 1906i: 20.
type species by original designation Samsama chersonesia Distant, 1906
- Samsana [sic] Distant, 1906 in Waterhouse, 1912: 268.
- Samsana [sic] Distant, 1906 (misspelling of Samsama Distant, 1906) in Waterhouse, 1912: 268.
Nomenclature references (2)
- 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.
- Waterhouse, C.O. (1912) Index Zoologicus No. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. D. Sharp (Ed.). Printed for the Society, and sold at their house in Regent’s Park, London, vi + 1–324. [in English]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Jaysh ibn al-Samsama, the Fatimid general who defeated Byzantines during an attack on Apamea on July 19, 998
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Subspecies | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |