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genus

Tettigetta Kolenati, 1857

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Cicada (Tettigetta) Kolenati, 1857a: 422.

    type species by subsequent designation Cicada prasina Pallas, 1773 in Metcalf, 1963g: 276

  • Tettigetta Kolenati, 1857 in Douglas, 1879c: 209.
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  • Tettigeta [sic] Kolenati, 1857 (misspelling of Cicada (Tettigetta) Kolenati, 1857) in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 560.
  • Tettigettta [sic] Kolenati, 1857 (misspelling of Cicada (Tettigetta) Kolenati, 1857) in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 570.

Type

Cicada prasina Pallas, 1773 type species by subsequent designation of Tettigetta Kolenati, 1857

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: τεττιξ (cicada) + -etta (diminutive suffix)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Douglas, J.W. (1879c) Note on the synonymy of Cicada montana Scop. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 15, 209–210.
  • Evans, J.W. (1955a) Cicadellidae (Hemiptera Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), 37, 1–44.
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  • Kolenati, F.A.(A.R. (1857a) Meletemata Entomologica. Homoptera Latreille. Leach. Gulaerostria Zetterstedt. Mémoires de la Société Impérial des Amis des Sciences Naturelles, 30, 399–429.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
  • Quartau, J.A., Rebelo, M.T. & Simões, P. (1999a) Cicadídeos (Insectos, Homópteros). M. Santos-Reis & A.I. Correia, eds. Caracterizacao da Flora e de Fauna do Montado da Herdade da ribeira Abaixo (Grandola-Baixo Alentejo). Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Lisboa. P. 69–74.
  • Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.

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