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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Samsama chersonesia Distant, 1906l: 21.

    Holotype; adult; bfcd2052-cd70-4a7e-93e0-9417c01caeb0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Malaysia: Malay Peninsula; Perak, Doherty

  • Samsana [sic] chersonesia Distant, 1906 in Nagai & Porion, 1996a: 16.
  • Samsama chersonesia chersonesia Distant, 1906 in Bosuang, Audibert, Porion & Chan, 2017a: 25.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1906l) Rhynchotal notes. - XXXVIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 18, 18–32.
  • Nagai, S. & Porion, T. (1996a) Fulgoridae 2. Catalogue illustré des faunes asiatique et australienne [Illustrated catalogue of the Asiatic and Australian fauna]. Fédération Francaise des Sociétés de Sciences, Venette, 80 pp.
  • Bosuang, S., Audibert, C., Porion, T. & Chan, C.L. (2017a) A guide to Lanternflies of Borneo. Natural History publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, viii + 128 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Chersonesia (Lepidoptera); from Greek (χερσόνησος): peninsula (from Malay Peninsula)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subspecies1023