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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (4)

  • Compsoptera Stål, 1869b: 236.

    type species by original monotypy Compsoptera cacica Stål, 1869

  • Compsoptera Stål, 1869 (homonym of Compsoptera Blanchard, 1845)
  • Aphrodisias Kirkaldy, 1906b: 248.

    type species by original designation Compsoptera cacica Stål, 1869

  • Compsoptera Stål, 1869 (replaced by Aphrodisias Kirkaldy, 1906) in Kirkaldy, 1906b: 248.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Blanchard, C.É. (1845a) Septième ordre les Hémiptères. In Histoire des insectes: traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Librairie de F. Didot Frères. Paris. Vol. 2, pp. 1–524. [524 pp.]
  • Stål, C. (1869b) Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin, 13, 225–242.
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. (1906b) Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Hemiptera. No. 6. The Entomologist, 39, 247–249.

Type

type species by original designation of Aphrodisias Kirkaldy, 1906

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) + -ίας (masculine suffix) or -ιάς (feminine suffix) (the gender is not defined in the original publication)

Image matrix

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species2013