Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Mapondera Distant, 1905f: 212.

    type species by original designation Cicada pulchella Stål, 1855

Type

Cicada pulchella Stål, 1855 type species by original designation of Mapondera Distant, 1905

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Chief Kadungure Mapondera, who helped to lead the Shona people of Southern Africa against British colonial forces in the 1890s

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Distant, W.L. (1905f) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXXIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 7), 16, 203–216.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species927