genus
Morseidora Cadena-Castañeda & Tavares, 2025
Type
Metrodora acuta Günther, 1939 type species by original designation of Morseidora Cadena-Castañeda & Tavares, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Morseidora Cadena-Castañeda & Tavares, 2025 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 13, 89.
type species by original designation Metrodora acuta Günther, 1939
Nomenclature references (1)
- Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Infante, I.C., Silva, D.S.M. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
In memory of the illustrious orthopterist Albert P. Morse (1863–1936) who extensively studied tetrigids from different regions of the world. The ending -dora is derived from the related genus Metrodora.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |