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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Melampsalta texana Davis, 1936a: 105.

    Holotype; male; 01b6190e-360c-4c46-8b52-e705157ff0a6; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); U.S.A.: 10 mi, or 16.1 km east of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 19 May 1935, Charles H. Gable, Jr.

  • Cicadetta texana (Davis, 1936) in Metcalf, 1963g: 384.
  • Cicadettana texana (Davis, 1936) in Marshall & Hil, 2017a: 543.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Davis, W.T. (1936a) A remarkable cicada from Mexico and other North American species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 44, 101–122.
  • 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. & 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.
  • 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 Texas (USA)

Stats

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