Afroelfus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fulgoroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Tropiduchidae
Subfamilia: Elicinae
Tribus: Elicini
Genus: Afroelfus
Species (1): A. bothryogaster

Name

Afroelfus Gnezdilov, 2012

• Type species: Afroelfus bothryogaster Gnezdilov, 2012
• Etymology: The generic name is derived from ‘Africa’ and ‘elf’ (fantastic character).

References

• Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2012: A new stenopterous genus of the tribe Gaetuliini Fennah (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Tropiduchidae) from southern Africa - particular intercontinental convergence. African invertebrates, 53(2): 637–644. DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0203.

Links

• https://www.hemiptera-databases.org/flow/?page=explorer&db=flow&lang=en&card=taxon&rank=genus&id=17860