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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Ginixistra Kasalo, Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2025

Type

type species by original designation of Ginixistra Kasalo, Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2025

Nomenclature (1)

  • Ginixistra Kasalo, Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2025 in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 13.

    type species by original designation Tegotettix novaeguineae Günther, 1938

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:

“Gini-”, a simplified transliteration of Guinea, used by many Papuan languages, and “-xistra”, referring to the similarity of this new genus to Xistra from the Philippines and Fijixistra from Fiji.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species3025