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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951)

Habitus, dorsal view on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).
Head on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).
Other on Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951): (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Melormenis zyxa Caldwell, 1951 in Caldwell & Martorell, 1951a: 240.

    Holotype; male; 006356c8-7d0a-4908-8ad3-62ed0a7819d6; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Puerto Rico: El Yunque Mts., Dec. 12, 1947, Caldwell and Martorell; occurring above 3000 ft. on mountains ferns

  • Capistra zyxa (Caldwell, 1951) in Fennah, 1965a: 107.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Caldwell, J.S. & Martorell, L.F. (1951a) Review of the auchenorynchous Homoptera of Puerto Rico. Part II. The Fulgoroidea except Kinnaridae. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 34(2), 133–269. [1950]
  • Fennah, R.G. (1965a) New species of Fulgoroidea (Homoptera) from the West Indies. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 117(4), 95–126.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012