genus

Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024

Type

Spinaraptor taja Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024 type species by original designation of Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024

Nomenclature (1)

Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024: 546.
type species by original designation Spinaraptor taja Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024

Nomenclature references (1)

Mendes, D.M.de M., Sobral, R. & da Silva-Neto, A.M. (2024) The Spine Raptor—a new genus of predatory katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5492(4), 545–562. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.4

Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)

Descendants and synonyms

Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024
- Spinaraptor celerinictus (Nickle, 2003)
- Spinaraptor ecuador (Gorochov, 2012)
- Spinaraptor gerana (Gorochov, 2015)
- Spinaraptor nemoptera (Bolívar, 1888)
  - =Phlugis menoptera [sic] (Bolívar, 1888)
- Spinaraptor taja Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024

Gender, form, and etymology

Masculine

Etymology:

From Latin word spina = spine, thorn and raptor = thief, meaning spine raptor, in reference to the long spines of anterior tibia and the predatory habit of these katydids.

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	Names
Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
genus	1	1	0
species	11	5	6