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Centruchus Stål, 1866: _Centruchus fuscipennis_. (Otu).
Centruchus Stål, 1866: _Centruchus fuscipennis_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Centruchus Stål, 1866a: 93.

    type species by original monotypy Centrotus fuscipennis Germar, 1835

  • Leucothorax Buckton, 1905a: 334.

    type species by original monotypy Leucothorax villosa Buckton, 1905

  • Izzardiana Capener, 1952b: 109.

    type species by original designation Otinotus arcuatus Funkhouser, 1919

  • Izzardiana Capener, 1952 (subjective synonym of Centruchus Stål, 1866) in Capener, 1968a: 15.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1905a) Observations on some undescribed or little-known species of Hemiptera-Homoptera of the family Membracidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 9, 329–338.
  • Capener, A.L. (1952b) Notes on the classification of certain African Membracidae with the addition of three new genera and four new species (Hemipt.-Homopt.). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 15(2), 101–121.
  • Capener, A.L. (1968a) The taxonomy of the African Membracidae. Part 2. The Centrotinae. Entomology Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of South Africa, 17, i-iii + 1–124.
  • Goding, F.W. (1930c) Synonymical notes on Membracidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 38, 39–42.
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Centruchus Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κέντρον (sharp point) + ἔχω (to have, hold, possess)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species901019