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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Melampsalta parvula (Howard, 1901) non Fieber, 1876 in Howard, 1901a: pl.XXVIII.
  • Melampsalta parvula (Howard, 1901) non Fieber, 1876 (misapplication, linked to Cicadetta parvula Fieber, 1876)
  • Cicadetta kansa (Davis, 1919) in Metcalf, 1963g: 321.
  • Cicadettana kansa (Davis, 1919) in Marshall & Hil, 2017a: 543.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Davis, W.T. (1919b) A new cicada of the genus Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 27(4), 340–341.
  • Davis, W.T. (1927a) New cicadas from the western United States with notes on several other species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 35, 373–389.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1876a) Les Cicadines d'Europe d'après les originaux et les publications les plus récentes. Deuxième partie: Descriptions des espèces. Traduit de l'allemand par Ferd. Reiber [sic]. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. (Sér. 3), 4, 11–268, pl. 3–13. [1875] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36523
  • Howard, L.O. (1901a) Suborder Homoptera. In The insect book; a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Doubleday & Page. New York. pp. 228–245 + pls. 27–28. [429 pp.]
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Kansas (USA)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034