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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Melampsalta calliope var. floridensis Davis, 1920a: 131.

    Holotype; male; 189fc1f9-f8e1-4df1-bac3-30f18553b15f; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); U.S.A.: Fort Meade, Polk County, Florida, 30 July 1915, Mrs. F.E. Porter

  • Cicadetta calliope floridensis (Davis, 1920) in Metcalf, 1963g: 298.
  • Melampsalta floridensis Davis, 1920 in Walker & Moore, 2004a: 1.
  • Cicadettana calliope floridensis (Davis, 1920) in Marshall & Hil, 2017a: 543.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Davis, W.T. (1920a) North American cicadas belonging to the genera Platypedia and Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28(2), 95–135.
  • Marshall, D.C. & Hil, K.B.R. (2017a) A new Neotibicen cicada subspecies (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the southeastern USA forms hybrid zones with a widespread relative despite a divergent male calling song. Zootaxa, 4272(4), 529–550.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963g) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. Baltimore, Md., Waverly press, vi + 492 pp.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (1999a) Cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidoidea) type material in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Snow Entomological Museum, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the United States National Museum. Florida Entomologist, 82(1), 34–60.
  • Walker, T.J. & Moore, T.E. (2004a) Cicadas (of Florida), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Melampsalta spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Document EENY-327 Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperatuve Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultureal Sciences, Univeristy of Florida. 5pp. Available online: edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Florida (USA)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Subspecies1034