genus
Euphyonarthex Schmidt, 1912
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (3)
- Euphyonarthex Schmidt, 1912b: 461.
type species by original designation Euphyonarthex phyllostoma Schmidt, 1912
- Tembandumba Distant, 1917c: 186.
type species by original monotypy Tembandumba buarana Distant, 1917
- Tembandumba Distant, 1917 (subjective synonym of Euphyonarthex Schmidt, 1912) in Bourgoin, 1987a: 300.
Type
Euphyonarthex phyllostoma Schmidt, 1912 type species by original designation of Euphyonarthex Schmidt, 1912
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: ευφυής (intelligent, clever) + νάρθηξ (ferula, tall umbeliferous plant; in Greek mythology, Prometheus conveyed fire from Hephaistos' forge to humans in hollow narthex)
Nomenclature references (3)
- Bourgoin, T. (1987a) Etude des Tettigometridae Africains. I. Notes sur le genre Euphyonarthex et description de trois nouveaux genres (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série), 3(3), 293–301.
- Distant, W.L. (1917c) Descriptions of some Ethiopian and Australian Homoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 8), 20, 186–191.
- Schmidt, E. (1912b) Zwei neue Tettigometriden-Gattungen aus der heissen Zone. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| species | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |