Species
Igatuia cavernicola Mendes-Carvalho, Souza-Silva & Ferreira, 2025
Nomenclature (1)
- Igatuia cavernicola Mendes-Carvalho, Souza-Silva & Ferreira, 2025: 6.
Holotype; male; ISLA144199; deposited at: Coleção de Invertebrados Subterrâneos de Lavras, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Minas Gerais (ISLA); Brazil: Bahia: Andaraí, village Igatu, Gruna Canal da Fumaça
References (1)
- Mendes-Carvalho, P.H., Souza-Silva, M. & Ferreira, R.L. (2025) Crickets among diamonds: Uncovering a new genus of Phalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) from caves in Central Bahia State, Brazil. Taxonomy, 5(55), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040055
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The specific epithet derives from Latin caverna (cave) and -cola (inhabitant, dweller), referring to the subterranean habitats where all specimens were found.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |