genus

Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (62)

Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833a: 177.
type species by original monotypy Membracis taranda Fabricius, 1798
Oxyrrhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Burmeister, 1835a: 127.
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Oxyrrhacis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Burmeister, 1835a: 127.
Oxyrrhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Burmeister, 1835a: 127.
Oxyrrhacis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Burmeister, 1835a: 127.
Oxyrhachis (Oxyrachis [sic]) Germar, 1833 in Blanchard, 1840a: 181.
Oxyrhachus [sic] Germar, 1833 in Herrich-Schäffer, 1840a: 383.
Oxyrhachis (Oxyrachis [sic]) Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Blanchard, 1840a: 181.
Oxyrhachus [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Herrich-Schäffer, 1840a: 383.
Oxyrhachys [sic] Germar, 1833 in Fairmaire, 1846a: 263.
Oxyrhachys [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Fairmaire, 1846a: 263.
Oxyorrhachus [sic] Germar, 1833 in Gimmerthal, 1846a: 27.
Oxyorrhachus [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Gimmerthal, 1846a: 27.
Oxyrachys [sic] Germar, 1833 in Walker, 1851a: 499.
Oxyrachys [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Walker, 1851a: 499.
Xiphistes Stål, 1866a: 85.
type species by subsequent designation Oxyrhachis fuscicornis Germar, 1835 in Distant, 1908h: 8
Oxyrhhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Kaltenbach, 1874a: 108.
Oxyrhhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Kaltenbach, 1874a: 108.
Oryrhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Goding, 1898a: 89.
Oryrhachis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Goding, 1898a: 89.
Oxyrhacis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Kirkaldy, 1901d: 178.
Oxyrhacis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Kirkaldy, 1901d: 178.
Pedalion Buckton, 1903a: 269.
type species by subsequent designation Pedalion fasciata Buckton, 1903 in Izzard, 1953a: 116
Polocentrus Buckton, 1903a: 253.
type species by subsequent designation Polocentrus latipes Buckton, 1903 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 472
Oxyrhachidia Melichar, 1903b: 118.
type species by original designation Oxyrhachis inermis Stål, 1870
Pedalion Buckton, 1903 (homonym of Pedalion Dillwyn, 1817)
Oxyrrhathys [sic] Germar, 1833 in Hüber, 1904a: 265.
Oxyrrhathys [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Hüber, 1904a: 265.
Ouranorthus Buckton, 1905a: 333.
type species by original monotypy Ouranorthus palus Buckton, 1905
Kombazana Distant, 1908h: 217.
type species by original designation Kombazana fidelis Distant, 1908
Ouranorthus Buckton, 1905 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Distant, 1908g: 3.
Polocentrus Buckton, 1903 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Distant, 1908g: 3.
Gongroneura Jacobi, 1910b: 119.
type species by subsequent designation Pedalion fasciata Buckton, 1903 in Distant, 1916d: 23
Pedalion Buckton, 1903 (replaced by Gongroneura Jacobi, 1910) in Jacobi, 1910b: 119.
Gangroneura [sic] Jacobi, 1910 in Oshanin, 1912a: 99.
Gangroneura [sic] Jacobi, 1910 (misspelling of Gongroneura Jacobi, 1910) in Oshanin, 1912a: 99.
Neoxiphistes Distant, 1914m: 515.
type species by original designation Neoxiphistes lagosensis Distant, 1914
Xiphidia Goding, 1930a: 92.
type species by original designation Gongroneura carinata Funkhouser, 1927
Xiphidia Goding, 1930 (homonym of Xiphidia [sic] Brullé, 1832)
Xiphistoides Goding, 1931c: 936.
type species by original designation Gongroneura carinata Funkhouser, 1927
Xiphidia Goding, 1930 (replaced by Xiphistoides Goding, 1931) in Goding, 1931c: 936.
Neoxiphistes Distant, 1914 (subjective synonym of Xiphistes Stål, 1866) in Goding, 1931a: 312.
Oxyrrachis [sic] Germar, 1833 in Jacobi, 1936a: 44.
Oxyrrachis [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Jacobi, 1936a: 44.
Oxyraches [sic] Germar, 1833 in Naidu, 1945a: 210.
Oxyraches [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Naidu, 1945a: 210.
Oxyrhachidea [sic] Germar, 1833 in Evans, 1948b: 498.
Oxyrhachidea [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Evans, 1948b: 498.
Xiphistoides Goding, 1931 (subjective synonym of Kombazana Distant, 1908) in Capener, 1952b: 115.
Oxyrrachys [sic] Germar, 1833 in Haupt, 1953a: 10.
Oxyrrachys [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Haupt, 1953a: 10.
Gongroneura Jacobi, 1910 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Capener, 1962a: 5.
Kombazana Distant, 1908 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Capener, 1962a: 5.
Neoxiphistes Distant, 1914 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Capener, 1962a: 5.
Oxyrhachidia Melichar, 1903 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Capener, 1962a: 5.
Xiphistes Stål, 1866 (subjective synonym of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Capener, 1962a: 5.
Oxyrhachia [sic] Germar, 1833 in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1466.
Oxyrhachia [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833) in Metcalf & Wade, 1965b: 1466.
Kombazama [sic] Distant, 1908 in Strümpel, 1983a: 23.
Kombazama [sic] Distant, 1908 (misspelling of Kombazana Distant, 1908) in Strümpel, 1983a: 23.

Oxychachys [sic] Germar, 1833
Oxychachys [sic] Germar, 1833 (misspelling of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833)

Type

Membracis taranda Fabricius, 1798 type species by original monotypy of Oxyrhachis Germar, 1833

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: οξύς (sharp) + ῥάχις (spine, ridge)

Nomenclature references (34)

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Stats

	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	29	30
species	118	0	118	236