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Parahirrius amorosus Skejo, Patano & Kasalo, 2024

Mindanao Yellow Vividhopper

Nomenclature (2)

  • Parahirrius amorosus Skejo, Patano & Kasalo, 2024 in Skejo, Husemann, Patano, Tumbrinck, Pushkar, Pavlović, Mohagan, Pamin & Kasalo, 2024: 32.

    Holotype; female; 900db423-777f-4e17-9781-1b0660a2b03f; deposited at: Museum of Central Mindanao University (CMU); Philippines: Bukidnon: San Fernando, Mount Natampod

  • Parahirrius amorosus Skejo, Patano & Kasalo, 2024 in Tan, Salvador, Bahoy, Sabang, Grumo, Gono, Rivera, Daguplo, Mondejar, Nuñeza, Patano, Baroga-Barbecho & Yap, 2025: 20, 61.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Skejo, J., Husemann, M., Patano, R.R., Jr., Tumbrinck, J., Pushkar, T., Pavlović, M., Mohagan, A.B., Pamin, J.-H. & Kasalo, N. (2024) Revision of the polyphyletic genus Hirrius Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), with descriptions of three new genera and insights into antennal sensilla morphology. Zootaxa, 5524(1), 1–61. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5524.1.1
  • Tan, M.K., Salvador, J.A.G., Bahoy, D.C.M., Sabang, A.M.M., Grumo, K.C., Gono, A.A., Rivera, R.R., Daguplo, J., Mondejar, E.P., Nuñeza, O.M., Patano, R.R., Jr., Baroga-Barbecho, J.B. & Yap, S.A. (2025) 110 years after Bruner (1915): An updated checklist of Orthoptera of the Philippines. Zootaxa, 5643(1), 1–65. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5643.1.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Victor B. Amoroso, a renowned scientist and a famous Philippine botanist, and the authors' dear friend and collaborator. His excellent mentorship and support to Romeo Patano Jr. led to discoveries of many new species of pygmy grasshoppers from Mindanao. Specific epitheton is the second Latin declension masculine adjective, derived from Professor Amoroso’s surname.

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