species
Brachyplatyphylloides riosi Cadena-Castañeda & Braun, 2011
Nomenclature (2)
- Brachyplatyphylloides riosi Cadena-Castañeda & Braun, 2011 in Chamorro-Rengifo, Cadena-Castañeda, Braun, Montealegre-Z., Romero, Serna Marquez & González, 2011: 36.
- Brachyplatyphylloides riosi Cadena-Castañeda & Braun, 2011: 36.
Holotype; male; b567d1f9-6904-4519-9989-4b7cc42bfdec; deposited at: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Insituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional (UNCB); Colombia: Cundinamarca: La Vega
Nomenclature references (2)
- Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Braun, H. (2011) A new brachypterous genus of Platyphyllini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Pseudophyllinae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 2763, 34–38.
- Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Braun, H., Montealegre-Z., F., Romero, R.I., Serna Marquez, F.H. & González, R. (2011) Checklist and new distribution records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3023, 1–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/240124470_Checklist_and_new_distribution_records_of_katydids_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_from_Colombia
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The species is dedicated to Miguel Antonio Ríos Guevara, a young student of biology at the Universidad Incca de Colombia in Bogotá, who just started out to become an orthopterist. The authors were shocked to learn about his death on 14 August 2010 in the crash of an intercity bus on which he was traveling.
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