species
Oaxaca (Oaxaca) tecuani Sanabria-Urbán, Gómez-Tapia & Mariño-Pérez, 2026
Nomenclature (1)
- Oaxaca tecuani Sanabria-Urbán, Gómez-Tapia & Mariño-Pérez, 2026 in Sanabria-Urbán, Gómez-Tapia, Rangel-Villa & Mariño-Pérez, 2026: 320.
Holotype; male; 29a14b7d-9fde-4834-b606-a27c2126201c; deposited at: Colección de Artrópodos de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM (CAFESI); Mexico: Guerrero: La Siberia, Atoyac de Álvarez
Nomenclature references (1)
- Sanabria-Urbán, S., Gómez-Tapia, J.D., Rangel-Villa, J.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2026) Studies on Mexican grasshoppers: Stegotettix cristata a new genus and species, and three new species of the genus Oaxaca Fontana et al. 2011 (Acrididae; Melanoplinae). Zootaxa, 5760(3), 301–336. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.3.1
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The word “tecuani,” means jaguar, ocelot, or tiger in Nahuatl. The name reflects both the coloration pattern of the hind femora (which are yellow or orange with black stripes) and the type locality of this species, which is in the Sierra Tecuani in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |