Species大嘴毛蟋
Capillogryllus megastomus Ma, He & Wang, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Capillogryllus megastomus Ma, He & Wang, 2025: 291.
Holotype; male; 7f06ac36-4fd7-4e17-9a22-d3e5de2036f6; deposited at: Museum of Flora and Fauna of Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU); China: Xizang: Gyirong
References (1)
- Ma, L., He, Z. & Wang, T. (2025) The fifth species of the genus Capillogryllus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae; Gryllini; Brachytrypina): Capillogryllus megastomus sp. nov., from Gyirong, China. Zootaxa, 5719(2), 289–297. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.2.9
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Compound adjective derived from Greek megas, meaning ‘large’ or ‘great’, and stoma, meaning ‘mouth’. It refers to the most prominent diagnostic characteristic: the exceptionally large mandibles and broad mouthparts of the male.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |