genus
Lemuriana Distant, 1905
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Lemuriana Distant, 1905e: 32.
type species by original designation Cicada apicalis Germar, 1830
- Limuriana [sic] Distant, 1905 in Pead, 1910a: 27.
- Limuriana [sic] Distant, 1905 (misspelling of Lemuriana Distant, 1905) in Pead, 1910a: 27.
Type
Cicada apicalis Germar, 1830 type species by original designation of Lemuriana Distant, 1905
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Lemuralia or Lemuria, a feast in the religion of ancient Rome during which the Romans performed rites to exorcise the malevolent and fearful ghosts of the dead from their homes + -ana (related to)
Nomenclature references (2)
- Distant, W.L. (1905e) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXXIII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 7), 16, 22–35.
- Pead, C.H. (1910a) Some Rhodesian Cicadidae and observations on economic entomology. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association, 10, 20–38.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| species | 9 | 3 | 6 |