genus
Almacris Skejo, Patano, Škorput & Kasalo, 2025
Type
type species by original designation of
Nomenclature (1)
- Almacris Skejo, Patano, Škorput & Kasalo, 2025 in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 6.
type species by original designation Almacris alleochroa Skejo, Patano, Škorput & Kasalo, 2025
Nomenclature references (1)
- Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Patano, R.R., Jr., Storozhenko, S.Y., Tumbrinck, J., Domazet-Lošo, T., Amoroso, V.B., Yap, S.A. & Škorput, J. (2025) Taxonomic revision of pygmy devil genera Almacris, Ginixistra, Tegotettix, and Xistra, with comments on Xistrella (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Taxonomy, 5(60), 1–47. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040060
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named after Prof. Alma Baguhin Mohagan, a Philippine zoologist who greatly contributed to tetrigidology of the Philippines, and to the zoological studies in the country in general, and a good mentor and friend of the authors. Her team discovered and described Xistra derijei (Patano, Mohagan, Tumbrinck, Amoroso & Skejo, 2021) and recognized the "Xistra problem".
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |