genus
Dystopia Kasalo & Skejo, 2025
Type
Nesotettix cheesmanae Günther, 1938 type species by original designation of Dystopia Kasalo & Skejo, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Dystopia Kasalo & Skejo, 2025 in Kasalo, Brouste, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hervé, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 380.
type species by original designation Nesotettix cheesmanae Günther, 1938
Nomenclature references (1)
- Kasalo, N., Brouste, D., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hervé, C., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae with preliminary suprageneric classification of Batrachideinae. Zoosystema, 47(18), 327–397. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a18
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The name refers to the word “dystopia”, the antonym of “utopia”, and symbolizes the morphological disparity within the genus.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |