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Afrophisis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1685613https://www.gbif.org/species/1685613
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae : Afrophisis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderOrthopteridaBoudreaux 1979
orderOrthopteraOlivier 1789
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderTettigoniidea
superfamilyTettigonioideaKrauss 1902
familyTettigoniidaeKrauss 1902
genusAfrophisisJin & Kevan 1991
Scientific NameAfrophisis Jin & Kevan, 1991
Name Published InJin, Xingbao & D.K.M. Kevan. 1991. Afrophisis, a new genus and two new species of small orthopteroids from Africa (Grylloptera Tettigonoidea Meconematidae). Tropical Zoology 4(2):317-328

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Afrophisis carminator
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis dumosa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis flagellata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis kisarawe
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis leptopennis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis mazumbaiensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis parva
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis pseudoflagellata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis tanzanica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Afrophisis undosa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

References

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Trop Zool 4 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hemp, C. 2013. Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa 3737(4):322 - via Orthoptera Species File
Hemp, C. 2017. New species of Lentulidae and Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. Zootaxa 4227(2):238 - via Orthoptera Species File
Jin, Xingbao & D.K.M. Kevan. 1991. Afrophisis, a new genus and two new species of small orthopteroids from Africa (Grylloptera Tettigonoidea Meconematidae). Tropical Zoology 4(2):318 - via Orthoptera Species File
Otte, D. 1997. Tettigonioidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 7:83 - via Orthoptera Species File
Gorochov. 2017. New taxa of the subfamily Meconematinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Africa and adjacent islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 321(1):52 - via Orthoptera Species File
Hemp, C. 2017. Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa 4226(2):160 - via Orthoptera Species File
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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