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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Cephisus Stål, 1866a: 67.

    type species by subsequent designation Aphrophora siccifolia Walker, 1851 in Stål, 1866c

  • Cephisus Stål, 1866 (classified as Ptyelinae Fowler, 1897) in Hamilton, 2016a: 205.

Type

Aphrophora siccifolia Walker, 1851 type species by subsequent designation of Cephisus Stål, 1866

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No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Cephisus (Greek: Κηφισός), in Greek mythology, a man changed into a sea monster by Apollo

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (2016a) Neotropical spittlebugs related to Neaenini (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) and the origins of subfamily Cercopinae. Zootaxa, 4169(2), 201–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.1
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Stål, C. (1866c) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 10, 381–394.

Stats

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
genus1001
species801624