genus

Preussia Karsch, 1890

Type

Preussia lobatipes Karsch, 1890 type species by original monotypy of Preussia Karsch, 1890

Preussia Karsch, 1890: 364.
type species by original monotypy Preussia lobatipes Karsch, 1890
Preussia Karsch, 1890 in Kirby, 1906: 447.

Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Deutsch-Westafrika 1890 gesammelten Locustodeen aus den Familien der Phaneropteriden, Mekonemiden und Gryllakriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16(23), 353–369. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/367/mode/1up
Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to the German botanist and explorer Paul Preuß (1861–1926).