Synonyms

Pentatoma yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1831 [Synonymized with purpureus by Stål, 1870]
Pentatoma purpurea Westwood, 1837
Asopus figuratus Germar, 1838 [Synonymized by Schouteden, 1905, as a var. of Canthecona purpurea]
Canthecona caerulea Dallas, 1851 [Synonyimzed by Stål, 1862, as var. of Canthecona Yolofa Guérin-Méneville; synonymized by Stål, 1870]
Canthecona marginella Dallas, 1851 [Synonymized by Stål1862, as var. of Canthecona Yolofa Guérin-Méneville; synonymized by Stål, 1870]
Canthecona marmorata Dallas, 1851 [Synonymized by Roell, Lemaître & Webb, 2019]
Canthecona annulipes Dallas, 1851 [Synonymized with Canthecona marmorata by Schouteden, 1905]
Canthecona miniatescens Stål, 1854 [Synonymized with Canthecona figurata by Stål, 1864]
Afrius rubromarginatus Bergroth, 1903 [Synonymized by Roell, Lemaître & Webb, 2019]
Pentatoma (Eurydema) yolofa Laporte, 1833
Canthecona Yolofa Amyot & Serville, 1843
Cimex (Pentatoma) yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Canthecona figurata Stål, 1864
Cimex (Afrius) figuratus Stål, 1870
Cimex (Afrius) purpureus Stål, 1870
Cimex marmoratus Stål, 1870
Cimex annulipes Stål, 1870
Canthecona Ylofa Wallengren, 1875 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Afrius purpureus Reuter, 1882
Afrius purpureus var. marginella Reuter, 1882
Cimex (Afrius) purpureus var. marginella Distant, 1884
Cimex purpureus Distant, 1890
Cimex figuratus Distant, 1892
Afrius ? annulipes Lethierry & Severin, 1893
Afrius figuratus Lethierry & Severin, 1893
Afrius ? marmoratus Lethierry & Severin, 1893
Canthecona purpurea Schouteden, 1905
Canthecona purpurea var. figuratus Schouteden, 1905
Canthecona marmorata Schouteden, 1905
Canthecona rubromarginata Schouteden, 1905
Afrius marmoratus Schouteden, 1907
Afrius rubromarginatus Schouteden, 1907
Afrius purpureus var. figuratus Schouteden, 1907
Afrius purpureus var. caerulea Kirkaldy, 1909
Afrius purpureus var. figurata Kirkaldy, 1909
Afrius purpureus var. miniatescens Kirkaldy, 1909
Afrius yolofus Dupuis, 1952
Afrius purpureus purpureus Linnavuori, 1989
Afrius purpureus figuratus Linnavuori, 1989
Afrius yolofa Sileshi et al., 2001

Primary references

• Westwood, J.O., 1837. In: Hope, F. W.. A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, M. A. with Short Latin Diagnoses of the New Species. London. Pt. 1: 1–46. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 43]

Additional references

• Roell, T., Lemaître, V.A. & Webb, M.D. 2019. Revision of the African shieldbug genus Afrius Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). European Journal of Taxonomy 520: 1–44 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Afrius purpureus (Westwood, 1837) – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Afrius yolofus.
• ION

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