genus

Bogotatettix Cadena-Castañeda, García García & Tavares, 2026

Type

type species by original designation of Bogotatettix Cadena-Castañeda, García García & Tavares, 2026

Nomenclature (1)

Bogotatettix Cadena-Castañeda, García García & Tavares, 2026 in Cadena-Castañeda, García García, Quintana-Arias, Prias Sarmiento & Tavares, 2026: 2.
type species by original designation Metrodora colombiae Günther, 1939

References (1)

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., García García, A., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Prias Sarmiento, J.P. & Tavares, G.C. (2026) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: Bogotatettix Cadena‐Castañeda, García‐García & Tavares, gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), a new genus from the high Andean forests and páramos. Austral Entomology, 65(3), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.70085

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The name refers to the capital city of Colombia and the Sabana de Bogotá, a high plateau that is part of the distribution of this genus. The ending -tettix is common among genera of pygmy grasshoppers.

Stats

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
genus	1	0	0	1
species	2	0	1	3