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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Melampsalta camerona Davis, 1920a: 134.

    Holotype; male; No. 42721; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas, 7-6, E.A. Schwarz

  • Cicadetta camerona (Davis, 1920) in Metcalf, 1963g: 298.
  • Cicadettana camerona (Davis, 1920) in Marshall & Hil, 2017a: 543.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Cameron County (Texas, USA)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023