Genus
Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024
Nomenclature (2)
- Spinaraptor Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024: 546.
type species by original designation Spinaraptor taja Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024
- Phlugis (Spinaraptor) Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024 in Gorochov, 2026: 387.
References (2)
- Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 14: the tribe Phlugidini. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 330(3), 384–403. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2026.330.3.384
- 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
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
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.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Species | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 |