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Tropicophyllum ubatuba Mendes & Rafael, 2025

Nomenclature (1)

  • Tropicophyllum ubatuba Mendes & Rafael, 2025: 151.

    Holotype; male; d574952c-eb3a-45ab-9335-795946c7515c; deposited at: Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZSP); Holotype♂.BRASIL, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Praia vermelha (MZSP).

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Mendes, D.M.de M. & Rafael, J.A. (2025) Review of Anapolisia Piza, 1980 and Tropicophyllum Koçak & Kemal, 2008 stat. rev. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini). Zootaxa, 5564(1), 1–184. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Ubatuba comes from the Tupi indigenous language, u’ubá (cana-de-flecha: type of grass used to make arrows) + tyba (grouping) and means “arrow grass grouping”, the name given to the municipality of São Paulo where the holotype was collected.

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