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.

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.

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Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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

No descendants observations found