genus
Tuaia Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020
Type
Tuaia panacarica Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020 type species by original designation of Tuaia Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020
Nomenclature (1)
- Tuaia Mendes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2020: 75.
type species by original designation Tuaia panacarica 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.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
In the Tupi-Guarani indigenous language and meaning “hairy”, referring to the large number of bristles that cover body and legs of representatives of the genus.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |