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Acanthophyes Stål, 1866: _Acanthophyes decens_. (Otu).
Acanthophyes Stål, 1866: _Acanthophyes decens_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Acanthophyes Stål, 1866a: 89.

    type species by subsequent designation Acanthophyes albipennis Stål, 1866 in Distant, 1908h: 26

  • Acathophyes [sic] Stål, 1866 in Marschall, 1873a: 351.
  • Acanthopyes [sic] Stål, 1866 in Capener, 1968e: 332.
  • Acanthopyes [sic] Stål, 1866 (misspelling of Acanthophyes Stål, 1866) in Capener, 1968e: 332.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Capener, A.L. (1968e) New Membracidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera) from Sudan and Ethiopia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 31(2), 323–336.
  • de Seabra, A.F. (1930a) Observaçoes sobre algumas espécies da Fam. Cicadoidae e de Fam. Fulguroidae existentes nas colecçoes do Museu de Coimbra. Arquivos da Secçao de Biologia e Parasitologia. Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra, 1, 307–359.
  • Distant, W.L. (1908h) Order Rhynchota. Suborder Homoptera. In Insecta Transvaaliensia. A contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of South Africa. F. Edwards. London. Vol. 9, pp. 205–228 + pls. XX-XXI.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1943d) Membracidae of Guatemala. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 36, 455–482.
  • Marschall, A.F. (1873a) Hemiptera. In Nomenclator zoologicus continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita sub auspiciis et sumptibus C.R. Societatis Zoologico-Botanicae. M. Salzer, Vindobonae. pp. 351–385. [iv + 482 pp.]
  • Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Acanthophyes Stål, 1866

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: άκανθα (thorn, spine) + φύω (to bear, grow)

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
Genus1056
Species130821