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Aphonodiacanthus melanocephalus Tonon, Campos & Souza-Dias, 2025

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aphonodiacanthus melanocephalus Tonon, Campos & Souza-Dias, 2025 in Tonon, Souza-Dias, Nihei & Campos, 2025: 319.

    Holotype; male; b2b31fa7-60c7-47ed-bdfa-e75353f249ad; deposited at: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ); Brazil: Paraná: Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Trilha do Poço Preto

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Tonon, V., de Almeida, Souza-Dias, P.G.B., Nihei, S.S. & de Campos, L.D. (2025) Silent crickets: A new genus of Neometrypini from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Orthoptera: Oecanthidae: Tafaliscinae). Zootaxa, 5729(2), 315–334. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.2.5

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The specific epithet is derived from the Greek words melano (μέλᾱς) meaning “black”, and cephalus (κεφαλή), meaning “head”. The name refers to the notable coloration of the head capsule of this species.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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