Genus

Pristonotus Uvarov, 1940

Type

type species of Pristonotus Uvarov, 1940

Pristes Redtenbacher, 1895 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 135. (homonym)
type species by subsequent designation Platyphyllum tuberosum Stål, 1875 in Kirby, 1906
Pristes Redtenbacher, 1895 (homonym of Pristes Fleming, 1822)

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1895) Monographie der Pseudophylliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45, 1–282. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0007_0001-0282.pdf
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

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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from the replaced name Pristes Redtenbacher, 1895. From Greek πρίστης, sawfish, relating to the two tubercle rows on the pronotum.