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genus

Muscuspina Mendes, 2024

Type

Muscuspina neblina Mendes, 2024 type species by original designation of Muscuspina Mendes, 2024

Nomenclature (2)

  • Muscuspina Mendes, 2024 in Mendes, Pádua, Araujo, Mazariegos & Fernandes, 2024: 263.

    type species by original designation Muscuspina neblina Mendes, 2024

  • Muscuspina Mendes, 2024 (classified as Pleminiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) in Mendes, Pádua, Araujo, Mazariegos & Fernandes, 2024: 263.

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Mendes, D.M.de M., de Pádua, D.G., Araujo, R.de O., Mazariegos, L.A. & Fernandes, D.R.R. (2024) New genus of Pleminiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) from the Colombian Andes. Zootaxa, 5437(2), 262–272. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.2.5
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin muscus = moss + spina = spine. In reference to the impressive set of pronotal spines and the mossy habitat where the katydids live.

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genus110
species110