genus
Palapsalta Moulds, 2012
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Palapsalta Moulds, 2012a: 167.
type species by original designation Melampsalta eyrei Distant, 1882
Type
Melampsalta eyrei Distant, 1882 type species by original designation of Palapsalta Moulds, 2012
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
French: palette (palette, blade) + Greek: ψάλτης (harper) (referring to the large palette-like upper pygofer lobes of the male)
Nomenclature references (1)
- Moulds, M.S. (2012a) A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa, 3287, 1–262.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| species | 28 | 8 | 20 |