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genus

Capiguara Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020

Type

Capiguara trimaculata Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020 type species by original designation of Capiguara Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020

Nomenclature (1)

  • Capiguara Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020: 57.

    type species by original designation Capiguara trimaculata Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Mendes, D.M.de M., Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Rafael, J.A. (2020) Five new genera of angle-wing katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini) from the Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 4828(1), 1–84.
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Feminine
Etymology:

In the Brazilian Nheengatu indigenous language and meaning “one who lives among the leaves”, referring to the habitat and the characteristic camouflage behavior.

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