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Genus

Caphodus Oman, 1938

Habitus, dorsal view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Caphodus maculatus, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Caphodus maculatus, dorsal habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Caphodus panamensis, dorsal habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Caphodus panamensis, lateral habitus (OSUC). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Caphodus maculatus, lateral habitus (NMNH). (Observation).
Head on Caphodus Oman, 1938: head, dorsally. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, dorsal view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: pygofer, dorsally. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Stylus and sugential plate, dorsally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Connective on Caphodus Oman, 1938: aedeagus/connective, ventrally. (Observation).
Forewing on Caphodus Oman, 1938: forewing. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Caphodus Oman, 1938: Sternite VII. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Caphodus Oman, 1938b: 375.

    type species by original designation Caphodus maculatus Oman, 1938

  • Caphodus Oman, 1938 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 151.
  • Caphodus Oman, 1938 (classified as Pendarini Dmitriev, 2009) in Zahniser, 2025: 301.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Oman, P.W. (1938b) A generic revision of American Bythoscopinae and South American Jassinae. The Kansas University Science Bulletin, 24(16), 343–420. [1936]
  • 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
  • Zahniser, J.N. (2025) Notes on some Neotropical Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) described by Herbert Osborn and a review of Caphodus. Zootaxa, 5692(2), 300–320. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.5

Type

type species by original designation of Caphodus Oman, 1938

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

modified from Scaphoidula

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
Species3014