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

  • 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.
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

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.

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