Type

Mystron flavospinus Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999 type species by original designation of Mystron Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999

Nomenclature (2)

  • Mystron Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999: 174.

    type species by original designation Mystron flavospinus Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999

  • Mystron Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 1999 in Braun, 2008: 219.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Braun, H. (2008) Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae - Checklist Reserva Biológica San Francisco and Parque Nacional Podocarpus (Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe and Loja, S. Ecuador). Ecotropical Monographs, 4, 215–220. [2007]
  • Montealegre-Z., F. & Morris, G.K. (1999) Songs and systematics of some Tettigoniidae from Colombia and Ecuador I. Pseudophyllinae (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 8, 163–236.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named in reference to the foveate fastigium verticis and its likeness to a spoon (Gk. μύστρον = spoon).

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species2002