genus

Lystra Fabricius, 1803

Descendants and synonyms

Lystra Fabricius, 1803a: 56.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada lanata Linnaeus, 1758 in Burmeister, 1838a: 1
Listra [sic] Fabricius, 1803a: 60.
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Lystia [sic] Fabricius, 1803 in Monte, 1932a: 20.
Lystia [sic] Fabricius, 1803 (misspelling of Lystra Fabricius, 1803) in Monte, 1932a: 20.

Cicada lanata Linnaeus, 1758 type species by subsequent designation of Lystra Fabricius, 1803

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Lystra (Greek: Λύστρα), town in ancient Lycaonia (Turkey, ca 30 km SSW of Konya), visited by St. Paul

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838a) Lystra, Acocephalus, Buthoscopus, Eurymela. In Genera quaedam insectorum. Iconibus illustravit et descripsit. Sumtibus A. Burmeister, Berlin. Vol. 1, pp. pls: 10, 11, 17, 20.
Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
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Latreille, P.A. (1825a) Seconde section. Homoptères. Homoptera. In Familles naturelles du règne animal: exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. J.-B. Baillière & Baudouin Frères, Paris. Nouvelle éd., pp. 426–428. [1824; 570 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16094
Monte, O. (1932a) As cigarrinhas sugadoras. Boletim de Agricultura Zootechnia e Veterinaria. Bello Horizonte, 9, 5–27.