Species

Oxyrhachis jacobii Capener, 1962

Descendants and synonyms

Xiphistes inermis Jacobi, 1910b: 119.
Holotype; male; 58988a5e-9284-401e-a37a-abf87e784d18; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Tanzania: Kilimandjaro, Kibonoto, Kulturzone, November
Kombazana inermis (Jacobi, 1910) in Capener, 1957a: 32.

Xiphistes inermis Jacobi, 1910 (secondary homonym of Oxyrhachis inermis Stål, 1870) in Capener, 1962a: 18.
Xiphistes inermis Jacobi, 1910 (replaced by Oxyrhachis jacobii Capener, 1962) in Capener, 1962a: 18.

Stål, C. (1870) Bidrag till membracidernas kännedom. In Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Tjugondesjette årgången 1869. Stockholm, Norstedt & Soner. pp. 231–300.
Jacobi, A.F.V. (1910b) 12 Hemiptera. 7 Homoptera. In Y. Sjöstedt (Ed.). Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906. Akademie der wissenschaften. Vol. 2, pp. 97–136 + I-III pls.

Capener, A.L. (1957a) Membracidae (Hemiptera - Homoptera). Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte, 1933-1935, 90(3), 31–47.
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:

in honor of Arnold Jacobi (1870–1948), a German zoologist, ethnographer, and ornithologist

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	2	3