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Tacua speciosa (Illiger, 1800)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (13)

  • Tettigonia speciosa Illiger, 1800a: 145.

    Holotype; adult; db0fb2d2-9a9b-44b3-ac5c-65a4bb20ba32; Indonesia: Sumatra, Fruhstorfer, II

  • Cicada indica Donovan, 1800a: 2.
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  • Tacua speciosa var. decolorata Boulard, 1994b: 66. (unavailable: variety or form after 1960)
  • Tacua speciosa var. decolorata Boulard, 1994 (unavailable, linked to Tettigonia speciosa Illiger, 1800) in Boulard, 1994b: 66.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Boulard, M. (1994b) Tacua speciosa, variété decolorata n. var. (Homoptera, Cicadidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 16(2), 66.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1889a) A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co.; R. Friedlander & Sohn. London; Berlin. 1-48. pl. i-iv.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Donovan, E. (1800a) An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and the islands in the Indian Seas: comprising upwards of two hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of the most singular and beautiful species, selected chiefly from those recently discovered, and which have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnaeus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors. T. Bensley. London, not numbered.
  • Donovan, E. (1842a) Natural history of the insects of India, containing upwards of two hundred and twenty figures and descriptions. A new edition, brought down to the present state of the science, with systematic characters of each species, ... other additional matter. i-vi, 1-102. pl. 1-58.
  • Germar, E.F. (1830a) Species Cicadarium enumeratae et sub genera distributae. Entomologisches Archiv (T. Thon), 2(2), 37–57. [separate paged 1-8]
  • Illiger, J.C.W. (1800a) III. Vierzig neue Insekten aus der Hellwigischen Sammlung in Braunschweig. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie. Herausgegeben von C. R. W. Wiedemann, 1(2), 103–150.
  • 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
  • Weber, F. (1801a) Rhyngota. In Observations entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae. pp. 112–115. [xii + 116 + 1 (Errata) pp.] Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8894862
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: beautiful

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