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Paralophotettix semicristatus (Kasalo & Skejo, 2025)

Nomenclature (2)

  • Lophotettix semicristatus Kasalo & Skejo, 2025 in Kasalo, Janzen, Hallwachs, Brown, Husemann, Vielsäcker, Domazet-Lošo, Franjević, Subedi, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 12.

    Holotype; male; 8bb62bf0-478f-41dc-b281-cb296e6730a9; deposited at: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (SMNK); Costa Rica: Guanacaste: Liberia: Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Estación San Gerardo

  • Paralophotettix semicristatus (Kasalo & Skejo, 2025) in Cadena-Castañeda, García García & Tavares, 2026

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., García García, A. & Tavares, G.C. (2026) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: notes on the current classification of the subfamily Lophotettiginae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), including new taxa. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-025-01656-8
  • Kasalo, N., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Brown, A., Husemann, M., Vielsäcker, M., Domazet-Lošo, T., Franjević, D., Subedi, M., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Integrative taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) reveals eight new species. Diversity, 17(3, 190), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030190

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for “half-crested”. The name refers to the fact that this species has a much lower crest than its congeners.

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