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Agroecotettix quitmanensis Hill, 2024

Quitman aridland scrub jumper

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 962ca02b-0225-49de-9241-e55715dadc86; deposited at: Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM); United States: Texas: El Paso: Quitman Mountains

Nomenclature (1)

  • Agroecotettix quitmanensis Hill, 2024: 213.

    Holotype; male; 962ca02b-0225-49de-9241-e55715dadc86; deposited at: Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM); United States: Texas: El Paso: Quitman Mountains

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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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivequitmanensis, quitmanensis, quitmanense
Etymology:

The species name quitmanensis is derived from the Quitman Mountains where the species is apparently endemic to and the suffix “-ensis” (Latin) meaning “originating from” or “inhabiting”. This name reflects the endemic nature of the species and hopefully draws attention to the importance of conservation of the unique biodiversity in this understudied mountainous region.

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