Genus
Tryposoma Cadena-Castañeda & Hemp, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- Tryposoma Cadena-Castañeda & Hemp, 2024: 60.
type species by original designation Libanasa brachyura Karny, 1928
References (1)
- Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Hemp, C. (2024) Studies on chevron crickets: Tryposoma gen. nov. (Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae), a new genus from Tanzania. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 33(1), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.115670
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From Greek Trýpes = hole, and – soma = body, Tryposoma = hole inhabiting, since all known Tryposoma species in East Africa stay in earth holes during the daytime and emerge in the evening and night hours only.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |