Species

Taurella forresti (Distant, 1882)

Descendants and synonyms

Melampsalta forresti Distant, 1882c: 129.
Syntype; male; 3634b176-cf67-42a9-ab49-6ee9b4a72a1d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Queensland: Gayndah. Syntype; male; c25f0b70-c8fc-4651-8500-62956d118638; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Australia, Queensland: Gayndah
Melampsalta warburtoni Distant, 1882c: 129.
Syntype; female; f0ecdf59-a54b-46c7-8f19-8cc391b7619c; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); . Syntype; male; eb89158b-f333-4ee1-845f-71ae374f9b06; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

Melampsalta warburtoni Distant, 1882 (subjective synonym of Melampsalta forresti Distant, 1882) in Moulds, 2012a: 212.
Taurella forresti (Distant, 1882) in Moulds, 2012a: 212.

Distant, W.L. (1882c) On some undescribed Cicadidae from Australia and the Pacific Region. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882, 125–134.
Ashton, H. (1912c) Descriptions of new Australian Cicadidae in the National Museum, Melbourne. Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne, 4, 30–32.

Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
Moulds, M.S. (2012a) A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa, 3287, 1–262.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

?after Alexander Forrest (1849-1901), an explorer and surveyor of Western Australia, and later also a member of parliament

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
Species	1	0	6	7