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Species

Phrixa maya Saussure & Pictet, 1897

Yucatan Katydid
CollectionObject 1517341; 4fdbf3c1-8746-4604-98c3-adbdecb363d1: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517341; 4fdbf3c1-8746-4604-98c3-adbdecb363d1: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517341; 4fdbf3c1-8746-4604-98c3-adbdecb363d1: male, base of left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517341; 4fdbf3c1-8746-4604-98c3-adbdecb363d1: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Phrixa maya Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 335.

    Holotype; male; 4fdbf3c1-8746-4604-98c3-adbdecb363d1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico: Yucatán: Valladolid

  • Phrixa maya Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Kirby, 1906: 477.
  • Phrixa maya Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Hollier, 2011: 376.
  • Phrixa maya Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Cadena-Castañeda, 2015: 221, 229.

References (5)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Las tribus Phyllopterini n. stat. y Plagiopleurini n. stat. & n. sensu (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Octavo aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 57, 217–261.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1897) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 285–344. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Descendants and synonyms

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