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Species

Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926

Habitus, dorsal view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Gcaleka acuta, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Head on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Head. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926: Ovipositor. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Gcaleka acuta Naudé, 1926a: 40.

    Holotype; female; 6896515e-f54a-4add-a535-9549b09048a4; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa: near Ceres, Cape Province, coll. F.W. Pettey, April, 1923

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: sharp, acute (angle)

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