Species

Chaetophyes compactus (Walker, 1851)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (27)

Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851b: 701.
Holotype; female; 48/56; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Tasmania, former Van Diemen's land
Aphrophora bifrons Walker, 1851b: 702.

Lepyronia australiae Walker, 1851b: 727.
Holotype; male; 44/4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, New South Wales: New Holland
Aphrophora semiflava Walker, 1858b: 187.
Syntype; female; 56/85; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); . Syntype; female; 55/69; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Aphrophora areolata Walker, 1858c: 345.
Holotype; male; 46/81; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia, Tasmania, former Van Diemen's land
Aphrophora areolata Walker, 1858 (subjective synonym of Lepyronia australiae Walker, 1851) in Stål, 1862b: 494.
Carystus mutabilis Spångberg, 1878a: 13.
Holotype; female; cf9a0a03-cae4-42c6-8eab-f215e8675b8f; deposited at: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRS); Australia, Victoria: Melbourne, J.C. Stevens
Carystus mutabilis var. — Spångberg, 1878c: 14. (unavailable: less than two letters)
Carystus mutabilis var. — Spångberg, 1878 (unavailable, linked to Carystus mutabilis Spångberg, 1878) in Spångberg, 1878c: 14.
Aphrophora areolata Walker, 1858 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Aphrophora semiflava Walker, 1858 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola compacta (Walker, 1851) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola australiae (Walker, 1851) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola areolata (Walker, 1858) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola semiflava (Walker, 1858) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola mutabilis (Spångberg, 1878) in Kirkaldy, 1906c: 387.
Hindola bifrons (Walker, 1851) in Lallemand, 1912a: 72.
Chaetophyes bicolor Schmidt, 1918c: 368.
Holotype; female; f3f11d1a-e9b4-4fda-bbf4-b8f37bf079fa; deposited at: Zoological Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (IZPAN); Australia, Signoret colln
Chaetophyes unicolor Schmidt, 1918c: 369.
Polychaetophyes perkinsi Hacker, 1926a: 246.
Syntypes; female; Ho. 3032; deposited at: Queensland Museum (QM); Australia: Stanthorpe, Queensland, F.A. Perkins
Chaetophyes unicolor Schmidt, 1918 (subjective synonym of Chaetophyes bicolor Schmidt, 1918) in Baker, 1927a: 544.
Polychaetophyes perkinsi Hacker, 1926 (subjective synonym of Chaetophyes bicolor Schmidt, 1918) in Baker, 1927a: 544.
Chaetophyes compacta (Walker, 1851) in Evans, 1940b: 72.
Carystus mutabilis Spångberg, 1878 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Maa, 1963a: 61.
Chaetophyes bicolor Schmidt, 1918 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Maa, 1963a: 61.

Aphrophora bifrons Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Evans, 1966a: 328.
Lepyronia australiae Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Aphrophora compacta Walker, 1851) in Evans, 1966a: 328.

Nomenclature references (14)

Baker, C.F. (1927a) Some Philippine and Malaysian Machaerotidae (Cercopioidea). Philippine Journal of Science, 32, 529–547.
Evans, J.W. (1940b) Tube-building cercopids (Homoptera, Machaerotidae). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 64, 70–75.

Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
Walker, F. (1858c) Addenda. In List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman. pp. 308–369.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: firm, well-set, compact

Stats

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	16	17