Species

Dictyophara afghana Dlabola, 1986

Descendants and synonyms

Chanithus pallidus (Dlabola, 1964) non Donovan, 1800 in Dlabola, 1964a: 239.
Chanithus pallidus (Dlabola, 1964) non Donovan, 1800 (misapplication, linked to Fulgora pallida Donovan, 1800)

Dictyophara afghana Dlabola, 1986a: 175.
Holotype; male; de4ec19b-5c72-47a6-a78b-4c2f02e7b640; deposited at: Staatliches Museum fuer Tierkunde (MTKD); O-Afghanistan: Sarobi, 1100 m, 6.VIII-22.IX.1961 leg. Ebert
Chanithus pallidus (Dlabola, 1964) non Donovan, 1800 (unavailable, linked to Dictyophara afghana Dlabola, 1986) in Dlabola, 1986a: 175.

Dlabola, J. (1964a) Die Zikaden Afghanistans (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). II. Teil. Ergebnisse der Sammelreisen von Dr. H.G. Amsel, G. Ebert, Dr. Erichson, J. Klapperich und Dr. K. Lindberg. Mitteilungen Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 54, 237–255.
Dlabola, J. (1986a) Neue Arten der Fulgoromorphen Zikaden - Familien vom Mittelmeergebiet und Nahen Osten (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha: Cixiidae, Meenoplidae, Derbidae, Dictyopharidae, Lophopidae und Issidae). Acta musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Historia Naturalis, 42B(3-4), 169–196. [in German]

Donovan, E. (1800a) An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and the islands in the Indian Seas: comprising upwards of two hundred and fifty figures and descriptions of the most singular and beautiful species, selected chiefly from those recently discovered, and which have not appeared in the works of any preceding author. The figures are accurately drawn, engraved, and coloured, from specimens of the insects; the descriptions are arranged according to the system of Linnaeus; with references to the writings of Fabricius, and other systematic authors. T. Bensley. London, not numbered.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

from Afghanistan

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	1	2