Genus

Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898

Descendants and synonyms

Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898b: 391.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada nebulosa Fabricius, 1781 in Jacobi, 1915a: 305
Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898c: 251.
type species by subsequent designation Cicada nebulosa Fabricius, 1781 in Jacobi, 1915a: 305

Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898 (synonymic homonym of Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898) in Metcalf, 1955c: 138.

Melichar, L. (1898b) Vorläufige Beschreibungen neuer Ricaniiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 48, 384–400. [separate paged 1-16]
Melichar, L. (1898c) Monographie der Ricaniiden (Homoptera). Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien, 13, 197–359 + pls. IX-XIV.

Jacobi, A.F.V. (1915a) Kritische Bemerkungen über die Ricaniinae (Rhynchota Homoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1915(3), 299–314. [1916; Metcalf attributed this paper to 1916, but Schmumacher, when describing Pochazia sublimata in 1915 put a note that he recived the publication on July 1, 1915.]
Metcalf, Z.P. (1955c) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle IV: Fulgoroidea. Part 16. Ricaniidae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly Press, viii + 199 pp.

type species by subsequent designation of Ricanopsis Melichar, 1898

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Ricania + Greek: όψις (appearance, similar to)

No descendants observations found