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Durium caffrum Stål, 1866
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Durium caffrum Stål, 1866
- Name authority
- Stål, 1866
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Tropiduchidae
- Genus
- Durium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderAuchenorrhyncha Duméril, 1805
- infraorderFulgoromorpha Evans, 1946
- superfamilyFulgoroidea Latreille, 1807
- familyTropiduchidae Stål, 1866
- subfamilyTropiduchinae Stål, 1866
- tribeEutropistini Kirkaldy, 1906
- subtribeDuriina Fennah, 1982
- genusDurium Stål, 1861
- speciesDurium caffrum Stål, 1866
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Durium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Durium fornax (Fennah, 1958) | TropiduchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durium punctipes (Signoret, 1860) | TropiduchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durium semiglobulare (Melichar, 1906) | TropiduchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durium senegalense (Signoret, 1861) | TropiduchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durium subfasciatum (Melichar, 1906) | TropiduchidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Acrometopus caffrum (Stål, 1866) (Stål, 1866) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
KwaZulu-Natal
North West
Eastern Cape
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Stål, C. (1866a) Hemiptera Homoptera Latr. In Hemiptera Africana. Vol. 4, pp. 1–276 + pl. 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:383X5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.