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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Oxyrhachis tessmanni Capener, 1972a: 2.

    Holotype; female; d34a0525-fc49-48b8-a701-cd6beeec0115; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); Cameroon, G. Tessmann

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Capener, A.L. (1972a) New genera and species of African Membracidae (Hemiptera - Homoptera). Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agricultural Technical Services, Republic of South Africa, 24, i-ii + 1–52.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

in honor of Günter Theodor Tessmann (1884-1969), a German anthropologist, explorer, botanist and zoologist who travelled in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Peru

Stats

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