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Habitus, dorsal view on Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961: Caffrolix conicus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961: Caffrolix conicus, dorsally (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961: Caffrolix conicus, laterally (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961a: 466.

    type species by original designation Jassus [sic] (Athysanus) patruelis Stål, 1859

  • Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961 (classified as Bonaspeiini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 52.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1961a) Hemiptera (Homoptera): Cicadellidae. In B. Hanström (Ed.). South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Göteborg – Stockholm – Uppsala. Vol. 8, pp. 452–486. [557 pp.]
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

Type

type species by original designation of Caffrolix Linnavuori, 1961

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from southern Africa, derived from Arabic word kafir (non-believer), now considered as exonym and an ethnic slur + Drylix

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species180826