Species

[Cicada] confusa Metcalf, 1963 (Nomen dubium)

Descendants and synonyms

Cicada rufipes Germar, 1830a: 44.
Cicada rufipes Germar, 1830 (primary homonym of Cicada rufipes Fabricius, 1803)

Cicada rufipes Germar, 1830 (replaced by Cicada confusa Metcalf, 1963) in Metcalf, 1963f: 761.
Cicada confusa Metcalf, 1963 (incertae sedis in Cicadina Batsch, 1789) in Sanborn, 2023: 351.

Fabricius, J.C. (1803a) Rhyngota. In Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard. Brunsvigae. pp. 1–101, 315. [316 + 21 (index) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11644
Germar, E.F. (1830a) Species Cicadarium enumeratae et sub genera distributae. Entomologisches Archiv (T. Thon), 2(2), 37–57. [separate paged 1-8]

Metcalf, Z.P. (1963f) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Caeaninae and Cicadinae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly press, 587–919 pp.
Sanborn, A.F. (2023) Resolving taxonomic issues of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) including new combinations, new synonymies, and revised status, with updates on the diversity of the Brazilian cicada fauna and new records for four South American countries. Zootaxa, 5318(3), 339–362. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.3.2

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: mixed, confused

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	1	2