Type

Melanophoxus brunneri Karny, 1907 type species by original monotypy of Melanophoxus Karny, 1907

Nomenclature (4)

  • Melanophoxus Karny, 1907: 3, 15.

    type species by original monotypy Melanophoxus brunneri Karny, 1907

  • Melanophoxus Karny, 1907 in Karny, 1912: 22.
  • Melanophoxus Karny, 1907 in Bruner, 1915: 381.
  • Melanophoxus Karny, 1907 in Otte, 1997: 56.

Nomenclature references (4)

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek μελανός, black, and φοξός, with pointed head, referring to long, pointed, and ventrally black fastigium.

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