The Fulgoridae of South Africa: the subfamilies Strongylodematinae and Lyncidinae


Capenopsis from South Africa © Gigi Laidler, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

The Fulgoridae of South Africa is made up of 4 components, the most unique and unusual of which is a group of tiny brachypterous species which resemble (and were formerly treated as) Orgeriine Dictyopharids. These species, now referred to the Fulgorid subfamilies Strongylodematinae and Lyncidinae, are almost entirely endemic to South Africa, with the exception of a single species described from the island of Mayotte north of Madagascar. That species is not treated here.

Fennah (1962, 1967) described and illustrated most of the species, and an additional species was described by Emeljanov 2007. The following illustrations are taken from those publications and reorganized for convenience. The original publications should be consulted for complete descriptions.

Risius gibbus Fennah, 1967


Risius astyanax Fennah, 1967


Risius palamedes Fennah, 1967


Risius spurcus Stål, 1859


Risius patroclus Fennah, 1967


Risius darwini Fennah, 1962


Risius limonias Fennah, 1967


Risius omega Fennah, 1967


Risius porrectus Fennah, 1967


Risius belona Fennah, 1967


Capenopsis minos Fennah, 1962


Capenopsis horvathi Melichar, 1912


Capenopsis krameri Synave, 1969


Capocles podlipaevi Emeljanov, 2007


Capocles socrates (Fennah, 1967) type species


Codon adrastus Fennah, 1967


Codon praestana Fennah, 1962


Strongylodemas breviceps Fennah, 1962


Strongylodemas circulare Stål, 1855 type species


Strongylodemas retarius Fennah, 1967


Tecmar pausanias Fennah, 1962


Posted on 21 de março de 2023, 12:29 PM by psyllidhipster psyllidhipster

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Can you note some distinguishing features? Your journal posts don’t have much info except photos.

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I provide distinguishing features for anything I write about. My journals are written on this project:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fulgoromorpha-the-coolest-insects

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