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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Terepsalta infans (Walker, 1850)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cicada infans Walker, 1850a: 201.

    Holotype; female; 69e0eb00-9796-44e4-ab36-5643731245b1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, South Australia: Adelaide, Tepper colln.

  • Cicada abbreviata Walker, 1862a: 303.

    Holotype; male; 54cd63e3-645c-4108-9be1-d51e2afcff85; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, South Australia: Adelaide, Tepper colln.

  • Quintilia infans (Walker, 1850) in Distant, 1906j: 144.
  • Terepsalta infans (Walker, 1850) in Moulds, 2012a: 218.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Fabricius, J.C. (1787a) Classis VII. Ryngota. In Mantissa insectorum sistens species nvper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 2, pp. 260–275. [382 pp.]
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Walker, F. (1862a) Characters of undescribed species of Homoptera in the collection of F.P. Pascoe, F.L.S. The Journal of Entomology Descriptive and Geographical, 1, 303–319.
  • Goding, F.W. & Froggatt, W.W. (1904a) Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 29, 561–668.
  • Distant, W.L. (1906j) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part 1. Cicadidae. Printed by order of the Trustees. London., 1906, 1–207.
  • Moulds, M.S. (2012a) A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa, 3287, 1–262.
  • Ewart, A. (2013a) The genus Terepsalta Moulds (Insecta: Cicadidae: Cicadettiniae: Cicadettini) in Queensland, including the description of a new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 56(2), 333–354.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: speechless, newborn

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056