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Nomenclature (1)

  • Spinaraptor taja Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024: 550.

    Holotype; male; 5a37b06f-2510-438d-b0cf-2092a63e1737; deposited at: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA); Brazil: Amazonas: Manaus, Reserva Ducke

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Mendes, D.M.de M., Sobral, R. & Silva-Neto, A.M.da (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 the Brazilian indigenous Tupi language, variation of taiá, the regional popular name for plants of the family Aracaea. The name is a reference to the habitat of this katydid, found on clusters of Aracaea near streams.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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