species
Meimuna tripurasura (Distant, 1881)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Dundubia tripurasura Distant, 1881b: 635.
Holotype; male; BMNH(E) 1009442; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: North Khasi Hills, British Assam, 1500-3000 ft, A.W. Chennell
- Cosmopsaltria tripurasura (Distant, 1881) in Distant, 1891a: 55.
- Meimuna tripurasura (Distant, 1881) in Distant, 1905a: 68.
Nomenclature references (4)
- Distant, W.L. (1881b) Descriptions of new species belonging to the homopterous family Cicadidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1881, 627–648.
- Distant, W.L. (1891a) A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co.; R. Friedlander & Sohn. London; Berlin, 49–96 + pls. v-ix.
- Distant, W.L. (1905a) Rhynochotal notes. -- XXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 15, 58–70.
- 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:
after Tripurasura, a trio of asura brothers named Tarakaksha, Vidyunmali and Kamalaksha, who were the sons of the asura Tarakasura
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |