Afrius yolofus

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
Subgenus: Afrius (Afrius)
Species: Afrius yolofus

Name

Afrius yolofus (Westwood, 1837) [Roell, Lemaître & Webb, 2019 proposed to conserve Afrius purpureus as a valid name, intending to apply Article 23.9.3 of the Code (ICZN 1999)]

Synonyms

• Pentatoma yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1831:pl. 5, fig. 2 [Synonymized with purpureus by Stål, 1870]
• Pentatoma purpurea Westwood, 1837:43
• Asopus figuratus Germar, 1838:185 [Synonymized by Schouteden, 1905, as a var. of Canthecona purpurea]
• Canthecona caerulea Dallas, 1851:89 [Synonyimzed by Stål, 1862, as var. of Canthecona Yolofa Guérin-Méneville; synonymized by Stål, 1870]
• Canthecona marginella Dallas, 1851:89 [Synonymized by Stål, 1862, as var. of Canthecona Yolofa Guérin-Méneville; synonymized by Stål, 1870]
• Canthecona marmorata Dallas, 1851 [Synonymized by Roell, Lemaître & Webb, 2019]
• Canthecona annulipes Dallas, 1851 [Synonymized with *Canthecona marmorata by Schouteden, 1905]
• Canthecona miniatescens Stål, 1854:213 [Synonymized with Canthecona figurata by Stål, 1864]
• Afrius rubromarginatus Bergroth, 1903 [Synonymized by Roell, Lemaître & Webb, 2019]
• Pentatoma (Eurydema) yolofa Laporte, 1833
• Canthecona Yolofa Amyot & Serville, 1843
• Cimex (Pentatoma) yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Canthecona figurata Stål, 1864
• Cimex (Afrius) figuratus Stål, 1870
• Cimex (Afrius) purpureus Stål, 1870
• Cimex marmoratus Stål, 1870
• Cimex annulipes Stål, 1870
• Canthecona Ylofa Wallengren, 1875 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Afrius purpureus Reuter, 1882
• Afrius purpureus var. marginella Reuter, 1882
• Cimex (Afrius) purpureus var. marginella Distant, 1884
• Cimex purpureus Distant, 1890
• Cimex figuratus Distant, 1892
• Afrius ? annulipes Lethierry & Severin, 1893
• Afrius figuratus Lethierry & Severin, 1893
• Afrius ? marmoratus Lethierry & Severin, 1893
• Canthecona purpurea Schouteden, 1905
• Canthecona purpurea var. figuratus Schouteden, 1905
• Canthecona marmorata Schouteden, 1905
• Canthecona rubromarginata Schouteden, 1905
• Afrius marmoratus Schouteden, 1907
• Afrius rubromarginatus Schouteden, 1907
• Afrius purpureus var. figuratus Schouteden, 1907
• Afrius purpureus var. caerulea Kirkaldy, 1909
• Afrius purpureus var. figurata Kirkaldy, 1909
• Afrius purpureus var. miniatescens Kirkaldy, 1909
• Afrius yolofus Dupuis, 1952
• Afrius purpureus purpureus Linnavuori, 1989
• Afrius purpureus figuratus Linnavuori, 1989
• Afrius yolofa Sileshi et al., 2001

References

Primary references

• Westwood, J.O., 1837. In: Hope, F. W.. A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, M. A. with Short Latin Diagnoses of the New Species. London. Pt. 1: 1–46. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 43]

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Afrius purpureus (Westwood, 1837) – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Afrius yolofus.
• ION

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