Afrius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

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: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Asopinae
Genus: Afrius
Subgenera: A. (Afrius) – A. (Subafrius)
Species (3): A. flavirostrum – A. kolleri – A. yolofus

Name

Afrius Stål, 1870: 44 [As subgenus of Cimex upgraded by Distant, 1892: 248]

• Type species: Pentatoma purpurea Westwood, 1837 [By subsequent designation Schouteden, 1907: 50] (= Pentatoma yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

References

Primary references

• Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en företeckning öfver alla hittils kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 9(1): 1–232. BHL Reference page.  [p. 44]
• Roell, T., Lemaître, V.A. & Webb, M.D. 2019. Revision of the African shieldbug genus Afrius Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 520: 1–44 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Distant, W.L. 1892. A Naturalist in the Transvaal. R.H. Porter, London. 277 pp. 5 pls. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 248]
• Rider, D.A. 2006. Family Pentatomidae. p. 233–403, In: Aukema, A. & Rieger, C. (eds). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol 5. Pentatomomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page.  [p. 234]
• Schouteden, H. 1907. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52: 82pp. 5 pls. (French). BHL Reference page.  [p. 50]
• Thomas, D.B. 1994. Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World asopine genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Insecta Mundi 8(3–4): 145–212. Online. Reference page.  [p. 150]

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Afrius Stål, 1870 – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Afrius Stål, 1870 – Taxon details on Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera.

• Afrius – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).
• Afrius – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Afrius Stål, 1870 – Classification of Pentatomoidea, North Dakota State University.

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