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Cyphonia Laporte, 1832: _Cyphonia_. (Otu).
Cyphonia Laporte, 1832: _Cyphonia_. (Otu).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Cyphonia Laporte, 1832b: 229.

    type species by subsequent designation Cyphonia ornata Laporte, 1832 in Kirkaldy, 1901d: 177

  • Heteronotus (Cyphonia) Laporte, 1832 in Germar, 1833a: 182.
  • Ciphonia [sic] Laporte, 1832 (misspelling of Cyphonia Laporte, 1832) in Goding, 1925b: 118.
  • Cyphonia Laporte, 1832 in Strümpel, 1983a: 24.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Laporte, F.-L.N.de C.comte de C. (1832b) Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de l'ordre des Homoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1(2), 221–231.
  • Germar, E.F. (1833a) Conspectus generum Cicadariarum. Revue Entomologique, publiée par Gustave Silbermann, 1, 174–184.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1901d) On the nomenclature of the genera of the Rhynchota, Heteroptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera. Entomologist, 34, 176–179.
  • Goding, F.W. (1925b) Synopsis of the Membracidae of Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 27, 118–123.
  • Haviland, M.D. (1925a) The Membracidae of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana, with descriptions of new species and bionomical notes. Zoologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 6(3), 229–290.
  • Strümpel, H. (1983a) Part 28: Homoptera (Pflanzensauger). In M. Fischer (Ed.). Handbuch der Zoology. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta. De Gruyter, Berlin, New York. Vol. 4, Issue 28, pp. 1–222, i-xi.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Cyphonia Laporte, 1832

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κύφων (yoke-bearer, knave) + -ία (noun suffix)

Image matrix

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species35067102