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Species

Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866)

Habitus, dorsal view on Caffrolix conicus (Naudé, 1926) now Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Caffrolix conicus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caffrolix conicus (Naudé, 1926) now Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Caffrolix conicus, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Habitus, dorsal view (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Caffrolix conicus (Naudé, 1926) now Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Caffrolix conicus, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Pygofer, lateral view (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Pygofer ventral appendages, ventral view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Pygofer (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Subgenital plate (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Stylus on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Stylus (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Aedeagus, lateral view (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Aedeagus, ventral view (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Connective on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Connective (C. conicus Naude, 1926). (Observation).
Connective on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Connective. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Caffrolix compater (Stål, 1866): Sternite VII. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (6)

  • Thamnotettix compater Stål, 1866a: 126.

    Holotype; adult; b823b4e5-8853-436c-ad4d-ecbdf8c6a971; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: Western Cape: , Cape Peninsula

  • Euscelis conicus Naudé, 1926a: 59.

    Holotype; male; 23ce0dd2-0c6d-4686-92c9-47cc648d9732; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa: Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, Stellenbosch, Cape Province, 17.XII.1922, coll. F.W. Pettey

  • Caffrolix conicus (Naudé, 1926) in Theron, 1974b: 154.
  • Euscelis conicus Naudé, 1926 (subjective synonym of Thamnotettix compater Stål, 1866) in Theron, 1980a: 289.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.
  • Naudé, T.J. (1926a) Cicadellidae of South Africa. A taxonomic and faunistic study. Entomology Memoirs. Union of South Africa, Department of Agriculture, 1(4), 1–106 + 10 pls.
  • 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.]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1967a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae. Section I. Washington, D.C.: USDA. V + 1077 p.
  • Theron, J.G. (1974b) The Naudé species of South African Cicadellidae (Hemiptera). III. Species assigned to the genus Chlorotettix Van Duzee, Thamnotettix Zetterstedt, Euscelis Brulle, Scaphoideus Uhler and Selenocephalus Germar. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 37(1), 147–166.
  • Theron, J.G. (1980a) Notes on some Southern African Cicadellidae described by Stål in “Hemiptera Africana.” Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 43(2), 275–292.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: first cousin, godfather

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