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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Metanira danae Gerstaecker, 1895a: 24.

    Holotype; adult; 285d8255-b291-43a5-8a61-2435caaac066; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Museum Greifswald (ZIMG); Australia: Queensland, coll. F.P. Dodd

  • Metanira danaë [sic] Gerstaecker, 1895a: 24.
  • Metanira danaë [sic] Gerstaecker, 1895 (incorrect original spelling of Metanira danae Gerstaecker, 1895)
  • Desudaba danae (Gerstaecker, 1895) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 391.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Gerstaecker, C.E.A. (1895a) Ueber einige bemerkenswerthe Fulgorinen der Greifswalder zoologischen Sammlung. Mittheilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen. Greifswald, 27, 1–50.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906c) Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. (Pt. IX. Leaf-hoppers-Hemiptera). Report of work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Entomological series, 1(9), 271–479.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Danaë, or Danae (Ancient Greek: Δανάη), in Greek mythology, the daughter, and only child of King Acrisius of Argos and his wife Queen Eurydice, an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus

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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
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