genus
Pitambara Distant, 1906
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Pitambara Distant, 1906i: 319.
type species by original designation Elasmoscelis radians Kirby, 1891
- Pitambra [sic] Distant, 1906 in Waterhouse, 1912a: 232.
- Pitambra [sic] Distant, 1906 (misspelling of Pitambara Distant, 1906) in Waterhouse, 1912a: 232.
- Pitambara Distant, 1906 (classified as Lophopida Stål, 1866) in Emeljanov, 2013c: 723.
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. (2013c) On the subdivision of the family Lophopidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) on the subfamilies and tribes with description of two new tribes. [Разделение семейства Lophopidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea) на подсемейства и трибы с описанием двух новых триб]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 92(4), 720–723. [in Russian; translated into English in Entomological Review, Washington, 2014, 94(2), 208–210]
- 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
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| species | 18 | 0 | 2 | 20 | |