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Habitus, dorsal view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Colistra parvula, dorsal habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Colistra parvula, lateral habitus (BMNH). (Observation).
Head on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Connective. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): Sternite VII. (Observation).
Other on Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Caffrolix parvulus Linnavuori, 1961a: 467.

    Holotype; male; No. 93; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa, South Africa, Western Cape province, Maanschijnkop, 11.3 km east Hermanus, | -34.40, 19.35, 21 Dec. 1950, P. Brink, G. Rudebeck leg.

  • Colistra parvulus (Linnavuori, 1961) in Davies, 1988c: 216.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Davies, D.M. (1988c) Athysanini (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) described from southern Africa. II. The genera Caffrolix Linnavuori, Colistra gen. nov. and Kimbella gen. nov. Phytophylactica, 20, 203–217.
  • 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.]
  • Stiller, M. & Webb, M.D. (2022) Leafhoppers of the Fynbos Biome of South Africa: Colistra, Proekes, Proekoides and a new genus (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Bonaspeiini). Zootaxa, 5199(1), 1–79. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5199.1.1
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: little one

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012