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Tectucantus tinnulus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024

Nomenclature (1)

  • Tectucantus tinnulus Montealegre-Z., Morris & Sarria-S., 2024: 7, 10.

    Holotype; male; 2b4d96ea-bed1-43ba-ab6f-fe97cee00f3b; deposited at: Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia (MUSENUV); Ecuador: Pichincha: Nanegal, Reserva Santa Lucía

Nomenclature references (1)

  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Tinnulus is from the Latin term for ‘ringing’ or ‘tinkling’, a reference to the tonal quality of the call as affected by the resonant chamber.

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