species
Tropicophyllum curupira Mendes & Rafael, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Tropicophyllum curupira Mendes & Rafael, 2025: 164.
Holotype; male; 0785742b-e4c5-4355-b82d-5aa7881fc860; deposited at: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA); Brazil: Amazonas: Coari, rio Urucu, Angelim
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
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The epithet curupira comes from the Brazilian Tupi-guarani indigenous language, curu [min] (boy) + pira (body) and means “boy’s body”, in reference to the legend of Curupira, a mythological figure that belongs to Brazilian folklore, known as the protector of the fauna and flora.
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