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species

Confuga persephone Fennah, 1975

Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view: (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view: (Observation).
Head: (Observation).
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Aedeagus, lateral view: (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view: (Observation).
Hind wing: (Observation).
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Live specimen: (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view: (Observation).
Aedeagus, dorsal view: (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Confuga persephone Fennah, 1975b: 379.

    Holotype; male; 4aa3acc7-7c45-4f60-9441-fb45230fd3c2; deposited at: University of Auckland (AKU); Council Cave, Takaka, Nelson Prov., New Zealand, 4.iii.1974, L. McRae & J. McBurney

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Persephone (Greek: Περσεφόνη), in Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the queen of the underworld through her abduction by and subsequent marriage to Hades

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Fennah, R.G. (1975b) New cavernicolous cixiid from New Zealand (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2(3), 377–380.

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