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Habitus, dorsal view on Gcaleka Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gcaleka Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gcaleka Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Gcaleka Naudé, 1926a: 39.

    type species by original designation Gcaleka laticephala Naudé, 1926

  • Gcaleka Naudé, 1926 (classified as Euscelidaria Van Duzee, 1917) in Theron, 1972a: 207.
  • Gcaleka Naudé, 1926 (classified as Bonaspeiini Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 52.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.
  • Theron, J.G. (1972a) The Naudé species of South African Cicadellidae (Hemiptera). I. Species assigned to the genera Bythoscopus Germar, 1833, Parabolitus Naudé, 1926, and Gcaleka Naudé, 1926. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 35(2), 201–210.
  • 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 Gcaleka Naudé, 1926

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Gcaleka kingdom, founded by Gcaleka kaPhalo, who became King in 1775 (South Africa)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species8008