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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Zvierckia Skejo, Tumbrinck & Pushkar, 2024

Sulawesi pygmy devils

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (1)

  • Zvierckia Skejo, Tumbrinck & Pushkar, 2024 in Skejo, Husemann, Patano, Tumbrinck, Pushkar, Pavlović, Mohagan, Pamin & Kasalo, 2024: 35, 49.

    type species by original designation Zvierckia storozhenkoi Skejo & Tumbrinck, 2024

Nomenclature references (1)

  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Diminutive of the Slavic word for ‘beast’ (zvir, zvier, zver in Slavic languages), owing to the beasty look of Zvierckia members, but also after the authors' friend Dora Zvjerković, who found this genus interesting.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species3025