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Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913): Page 267, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913): Page 267, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502825; 51913c35-47a8-4c64-b8b6-231b15751f71: female, lateral view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502825; 51913c35-47a8-4c64-b8b6-231b15751f71: female, dorsal view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502825; 51913c35-47a8-4c64-b8b6-231b15751f71: female, ventral view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502825; 51913c35-47a8-4c64-b8b6-231b15751f71: female, frontal view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502825; 51913c35-47a8-4c64-b8b6-231b15751f71: labels (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502826; ab434e2c-c841-4f6e-9718-9b86dd673fed: male, lateral view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502826; ab434e2c-c841-4f6e-9718-9b86dd673fed: male, dorsal view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502826; ab434e2c-c841-4f6e-9718-9b86dd673fed: male, ventral view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502826; ab434e2c-c841-4f6e-9718-9b86dd673fed: male, frontal view (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502826; ab434e2c-c841-4f6e-9718-9b86dd673fed: labels (paratype of Ochrilidia nilotica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502827; 131ceca7-b23a-4a39-813d-bf81107b2ec8: female, lateral view (paratype of Ochrilidia variopicta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502827; 131ceca7-b23a-4a39-813d-bf81107b2ec8: female, dorsal view (paratype of Ochrilidia variopicta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502827; 131ceca7-b23a-4a39-813d-bf81107b2ec8: female, ventral view (paratype of Ochrilidia variopicta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502827; 131ceca7-b23a-4a39-813d-bf81107b2ec8: female, frontal view (paratype of Ochrilidia variopicta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502827; 131ceca7-b23a-4a39-813d-bf81107b2ec8: labels (paratype of Ochrilidia variopicta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519725; 8db822e2-4a3e-4a69-87d3-9ab934d1b7e1: female, dorsal view, labels (holotype of Platypterna pictipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519725; 8db822e2-4a3e-4a69-87d3-9ab934d1b7e1: female, lateral view, (holotype of Platypterna pictipes). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (87)

  • Platypterna geniculata Bolívar, 1913: 608.
  • Platypterna kraussi Bolívar, 1913: 609, 610.

    Holotype; female; 6092d079-9ef3-45e5-a814-0268de0ac86a; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Algeria: Aïn Defla: N of In Salah, Ain Guettara

  • Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913) in Tlili, Abdellaoui, Chintauan-Marquier, Ben Chouikha, Moussi, Ammar & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020: 620.
  • Ochrilidia geniculata (Bolívar, 1913) in Louveaux, Garcin & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2022: 232.

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101011