Cephisus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercopoidea

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

Familia: Aphrophoridae
Subfamilia: Aphrophorinae
Tribus: Ptyelini
Genus: Cephisus
Species (7): C. brevipennis – C. diminutus – C. jacobii – C. laticeps – C. magnificus – C. siccifolius – C. variolosus

Name

Cephisus Stål, 1866: 67

• Type species: Aphrophora siccifolius Walker, 1851

References

Primary references

• Stål, C. 1866. Hemiptera africana. Vol. 4, 276 pp. Ex officina Norstedtiana (Holmiæ). [Norstedts, Stockholm] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8566 BHL Reference page.  [p. 67]

Additional references

• Domahovski, A.C., Alasmar, L., Barão, K.R. & Paladini, A. 2025. Cephisus siccifolia (Walker) (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae): description of the immature and adult stages, including genital morphology, with notes on species delimitation challenges in the genus. Zootaxa 5584(1): 47–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Cephisus - Taxon details in World Auchenorrhyncha Database