Type

Meroncidius circumdatus Walker, 1870 type species by original designation of Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) Beier, 1954

Nomenclature (4)

  • Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) Beier, 1954: 456.

    type species by original designation Meroncidius circumdatus Walker, 1870

  • Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) Beier, 1954 in Beier, 1962: 397.
  • Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) Beier, 1954 in Beier, 1963: 117.
  • Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) Beier, 1954 in Otte, 1997: 227.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek ᾰ̓́γκῐστρον, fishhook, relating to the hook-shaped male cerci.

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