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Habitus, dorsal view on Capoideus Theron, 1974: Capoideus cuprescens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Capoideus Theron, 1974: Capoideus cuprescens, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Capoideus Theron, 1974: Capoideus cuprescens, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (3)

  • Capoideus Theron, 1974b: 162.

    type species by original designation Scaphoideus cuprescens Naudé, 1926

  • Capoideus Theron, 1974 (classified as Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 151.
  • Capoideus Theron, 1974 (incertae sedis in Scaphoideini Oman, 1943) in Zahniser, Dietrich, Cao, Dmitriev & Pinedo-Escatel, 2026: 26.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.
  • 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., Dietrich, C.H., Cao, Y.-H., Dmitriev, D.A. & Pinedo-Escatel, J.A. (2026) New tribal placements, reinstatements and synonymies in the leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1035, 1–51. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1035.3171

Type

type species by original designation of Capoideus Theron, 1974

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek (κάποιος): someone + Afroideus

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
Species1023