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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Oxyrhachis caligula Capener, 1962a: 124.

    Holotype; female; 808d4418-4178-4c4c-9934-f794fa31c40f; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); Western Sahara, former Spanish Sahara: Tisla, J. Mateu

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Capener, A.L. (1962a) The taxonomy of the African Membracidae. Part 1. The Oxyrhachinae. Entomology Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of the Republic of South Africa, 6, 1–164.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Caligula, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001