genus
Platycercotura Gorochov & Tan, 2024
Type
Platycercotura caricauda Tan, Muhammad & Gorochov, 2024 type species by original designation of Platycercotura Gorochov & Tan, 2024
Nomenclature (1)
- Platycercotura Gorochov & Tan, 2024 in Tan, Muhammad, Gorochov & Abdullah, 2024: 134.
type species by original designation Platycercotura caricauda Tan, Muhammad & Gorochov, 2024
Nomenclature references (1)
- Tan, M.K., Muhammad, A.A., Gorochov, A.V. & Abdullah, N.A. (2024) An account on some katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Panti Forest Reserve in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 5415(1), 117–143. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.5
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The name originates from three parts: the Latinised Greek prefix “platy-” (widely), the morphological term “cercus” and a part of the generic name Pseudoteratura. This name indicates a widely lobe-like shape of the male cercal base and some similarity to species of Pseudoteratura.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |