Species
[Cicada] cafra Olivier, 1791 (Nomen dubium)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Cicada cafra Olivier, 1791b: 758. (nomen dubium in Metcalf, 1963f: 823)
- Cicada caffra [sic] Olivier, 1791 in Germar, 1830a: 42.
- Cicada caffra [sic] Olivier, 1791 (misspelling of Cicada cafra Olivier, 1791) in Germar, 1830a: 42.
- Cicada cafra Olivier, 1791 (incertae sedis in Cicadina Batsch, 1789) in Metcalf, 1963f: 823.
Nomenclature references (3)
- 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.
- 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.]
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
from southern Africa, derived from Arabic word kafir (non-believer), now considered as exonym and an ethnic slur
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |