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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Docidocercus Beier, 1960

Docidocercus Beier, 1960: male, dorso-lateral view. Colombia, Santuario de fauna y flora Otún Quimbaya. (Otu).
Docidocercus Beier, 1960: male, dorso-lateral view. Colombia, Santuario de fauna y flora Otún Quimbaya. (Otu).
Docidocercus Beier, 1960: male, face. Colombia, Risaralda, Santuario de fauna y flora Otún Quimbaya. (Otu).

Type

Cocconotus nigrescens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 type species by original designation of Docidocercus Beier, 1960

Nomenclature (4)

  • Docidocercus Beier, 1960: 167.

    type species by original designation Cocconotus nigrescens Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

  • Docidocercus Beier, 1960 in Beier, 1963: 165.
  • Docidocercus Beier, 1960 in Nickle, 1992: 173.
  • Docidocercus Beier, 1960 in Otte, 1997: 203.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.
  • 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:

Probably from Greek δοκίδος, stick or twig, relating to the long cerci of males.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species80513