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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (12)

  • Polocentrus latipes Buckton, 1903a: 253. (valid in Capener, 1960b: 434)
  • Polocentrus caudatus Buckton, 1905a: 335.
  • Oxyrhachis sursa Capener, 1960 (subjective synonym of Polocentrus latipes Buckton, 1903) in Capener, 1962a: 117.
  • Polocentrus caudatus Buckton, 1905 (subjective synonym of Polocentrus latipes Buckton, 1903) in Capener, 1962a: 117.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Buckton, G.B. (1903a) A monograph of the Membracidae. L. Reeve & Co., Limited. London, pp. 181–296 + pls. XXXIX-LX.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Distant, W.L. (1915b) Rhynochotal notes. -- LVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 16, 322–328.
  • Goding, F.W. (1932a) The Membracidae of Africa. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 40, 205–238.
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1951a) Homoptera. Fam. Membracidae. In P. Wytsman (Ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles, Desmet-Verteneuil. Vol. 208, pp. 1–383. + pls. XIV. [1950-1952]
  • Capener, A.L. (1960b) Chapter XXV. Hemiptera (Homoptera): Membracidae. In B. Hanström, P. Brinck, & G. Rudebeck (Eds.). South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksells, Uppsala. Vol. 7, pp. 434–445.
  • 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.
  • Broomfield, P.S. (1971a) A catalogue of the Membracid types (Homoptera: Membracidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. Vol. 25, Issue 8, 325–386 pp.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: wide foot

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1067