Species

[Cicada] olivierana Metcalf, 1963 (Nomen dubium)

Descendants and synonyms

Cicada ferruginea Olivier, 1791b: 750.
Holotype; adult; 659593e1-62f4-4b63-b0b6-065f8727150b; Indes Orientales
Cicada ferruginea Olivier, 1791 (primary homonym of Cicada ferruginea Fabricius, 1787)

Cicada olivierana Metcalf, 1963 (incertae sedis in Cicadina Batsch, 1789) in Metcalf, 1963f: 831.
Cicada ferruginea Olivier, 1791 (replaced by Cicada olivierana Metcalf, 1963) in Metcalf, 1963f: 831.

Fabricius, J.C. (1787a) Classis VII. Ryngota. In Mantissa insectorum sistens species nvper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 2, pp. 260–275. [382 pp.]
Olivier, G.-A. (1791b) Cigale, Cicada. In Encyclopédie méthodique: Histoire naturelle: Insectes. Panckoucke. Paris. Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 735–760. [1790; in French; 793 pp.]

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.
Price, B.W., Allan, E.L., Marathe, K., Sarkar, V., Simon, C.M. & Kunte, K. (2016) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4(e8051), 1–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8051

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756-1814), a French entomologist and naturalist

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