species
Agroecotettix xiphophorus Hill, 2024
sword-tailed aridland scrub jumper.
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
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From Greek xiphos = sword and phorus = bearing, reference to the long sword-like ventral projection of the male cerci.
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