species
Cicadettana calliope (Walker, 1850)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (1)
- Cicada calliope Walker, 1850a: 212.
Holotype; male; afcd4c6f-ef50-495a-b6d5-b4953278b4d9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); U.S.A.: Warm Springs, North Carolina
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Calliope (Greek: Καλλιόπη, "beautiful-voiced"), in Greek mythology, one of the nine Muses, the daughters of Mnemosyne, fathered by Zeus, the muse of epic poetry
Nomenclature references (2)
- Sanborn, A.F. & Heath, M.S. (2017) The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico. Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, MD, 2nd ed., x + 302 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.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 |