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species

Agroecotettix xiphophorus Hill, 2024

sword-tailed aridland scrub jumper.

Type specimen

Holotype; male; ef900ede-aecc-43c4-a12b-3350bca0f4bb; deposited at: Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM); Mexico: Nuevo León: 1.7 mi W Santa Caterina

Nomenclature (1)

  • Agroecotettix xiphophorus Hill, 2024: 193.

    Holotype; male; ef900ede-aecc-43c4-a12b-3350bca0f4bb; deposited at: Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM); Mexico: Nuevo León: 1.7 mi W Santa Caterina

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Hill, J.V.G. (2024) Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixteen new species from the United States and Mexico. ZooKeys, 1218, 177–230. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.133703
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Collection object
Type material

Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivexiphophorus, xiphophora, xiphophorum
Etymology:

From Greek xiphos = sword and phorus = bearing, reference to the long sword-like ventral projection of the male cerci.

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