genus
Arrakis Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024
long-nosed desert crickets
Type
Myara yurgama Otte & Alexander, 1983 type species by original designation of Arrakis Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- Arrakis Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024 in He, Su, Tan, Zwick, Warren & Robillard, 2024
type species by original designation Myara yurgama Otte & Alexander, 1983
Nomenclature references (1)
- He, S., Su, Y.N., Tan, M.K., Zwick, A., Warren, B.H. & Robillard, T. (2024) Museomics, molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of the Eurepini crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae), with description of two new genera. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12622
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The genus is named after the fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert, in reference to the desert regions where the members of this genus are distributed.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |