genus
Tectucantus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024
Type
Tectucantus tinnulus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024 type species by original designation of Tectucantus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024
Nomenclature (2)
- Tectucantus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024: 6.
type species by original designation Tectucantus tinnulus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024
- Tectucantus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024 in Sarria-S., Morris & Montealegre-Z., 2025: 1.
Nomenclature references (2)
- Montealegre-Z., F., Morris, G.K. & Sarria-S., F.A. (2024) A new genus of Andean katydid with unusual pronotal structure for enhancing resonances. Biology, 13 (12)(1071), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13121071
- Sarria-S., F.A., Morris, G.K. & Montealegre-Z., F. (2025) Correction: Sarria-Sarria et al. A new genus of Andean katydid with unusual pronotal structure for enhancing resonances. Biology 2024, 13, 1071. Biology, 14(3), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14030262
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
This name is composed of the Latin terms tectum L., meaning roof, due to the characteristic pronotal formation covering the forewings, and cantus L., meaning song, which refers to “sheltered-song”.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |