genus
Pitambara Distant, 1906
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (5)
- Pitambara Distant, 1906i: 319.
type species by original designation Elasmoscelis radians Kirby, 1891
- Pitambara Distant, 1906 (classified as Elasmoscelini Melichar, 1915)
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- Pitambra [sic] Distant, 1906 (misspelling of Pitambara Distant, 1906) in Waterhouse, 1912a: 232.
- Pitambara Distant, 1906 (classified as Lophopini Stål, 1866) in Emeljanov, 2018: 300.
Type
Elasmoscelis radians Kirby, 1891 type species by original designation of Pitambara Distant, 1906
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Pitambara (Sanskrit: pitah, "yellow" + ambara, "garment"), in Hinduism, another name of the gods Vishnu or Krishna, given to them because yellow clothing is traditionally worn at religious events
Nomenclature references (3)
- Distant, W.L. (1906i) Rhynchota. Heteroptera-Homoptera. Bingham, C. T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London. Vol. 3: i–xiv, 1–503.
- Emeljanov, A.F. (2018) A review of the fauna of the planthopper family Lophopidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from Vietnam with descriptions of new genera and species and with taxonomic notes. [Обзор фауны цикадовых сем. Lophopidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) Вьетнама с описанием новых родов и видов и таксономическими замечаниями]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 97(2), 293–316. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 98(4), 448-466]
- Waterhouse, C.O. (1912a) Index zoologicus no. II. An alphabetical list of names of genera and subgenera proposed for use in zoology as recorded in the "Zoological record," vols. 38-47, inclusive (1901-1910) and the zoology volumes of the "International Catalogue of Scientific Literature", annual issues 1-10, together with other names not included in previous nomenclators. Printed for the Society. London, vi + 324 pp.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| species | 20 | 18 | 2 |