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Habitus, dorsal view on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Head on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Head on Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Stylus on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view on Cyphonia polita Sakakibara, 1968 now Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883c: 285. (valid in Sakakibara, 1972a: 118)

    Lectotype; female; MLP no.1737/1; deposited at: Museo de La Plata (MLP); Argentina, Tucumán

  • Cyphonia saturalis Funkhouser, 1927 non Berg, 1883 in Funkhouser, 1927f: 211.
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  • Cyphonia (Cyphonia) polita Sakakibara, 1968 (subjective synonym of Cyphonia ancoralis Berg, 1883) in Sakakibara, 1972a: 118.
  • Cyphonia (Cyphonia) ancoralis Berg, 1883 in Sakakibara, 1972a: 118.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Berg, C. (1883c) Addenda et emendanda ad Hemiptera Argentina (Continuatio). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 16, 285–294.
  • de Remes Lenicov, A.M.M., Mariani, R., Scelsio, N. & Gutierrez, A. (2010) Membracidae types (Hemiptera-Membracoidea) housed at the Museo de La Plata entomological collection (Argentina). Zootaxa, 2566, 21–38.
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  • Evangelista, O., Dos Santos, G.I.M. & Lamas, C.E. (2014) An annotated catalogue of the Membracidae types in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha). Zootaxa, 3895(1), 1–30. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3895.1.1
  • Funkhouser, W.D. (1927f) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Fascicle I. Membracidae. G. Horváth & H.M. Parshley (Eds.). Smith College, Northampton, Mass., U.S.A., XIV + 581 pp.
  • Goding, F.W. (1929e) The Membracidae of South America and the Antilles. IV. Subfamilies Hoplophorioninae, Darninae, Smiliinae, Tragopinae (Homoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 55, 197–330.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. & Wade, V. (1965b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. A supplement to Fascicle I - Membracidae of the general catalogue of the Hemiptera. Membracoidea in two sections. Section II. Part 1 - Membracidae (continued): Smiliinae, Tragopinae, Membracinae. Part 2 - Aetalionidae. Part 3 - Biturritiidae. Part 4 - Nicomiidae. USA: Waverly press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 744–1552 pp.
  • Sakakibara, A.M. (1968a) Revisão das espécies do gênero Cyphonia Laporte (Homoptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae). Studia Entomologica (Rio de Janeiro), 11(1-4), 417–476.
  • Sakakibara, A.M. (1972a) Revisão do gênero Cyphonia Laporte - "addenda et corrigenda" (Homoptera, Membracidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 32(1), 117–126.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: having or resembling anchor

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034