Orthoptera Species File
genus

Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979

Type

Platydecticus anaesegalae Gurney & Liebermann, 1975 type species by original designation of Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979

Nomenclature (4)

  • Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979: 1000.

    type species by original designation Platydecticus anaesegalae Gurney & Liebermann, 1975

  • Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979 in Rentz & Colless, 1990: 352-377.
  • Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979 in Gorochov, 1995: 184.
  • Apteropedetes Rentz, 1979 in Otte, 1997: 6.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Colless, D.H. (1990) A classification of the shield-backed katydids (Tettigoniinae) of the world. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 352–377.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Comments on the classification of the orthopteran family Tettigoniidae, with a key to subfamilies and description of two new subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology, 27, 991–1013.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named with reference to the apterous condition of both sexes and the unusual tarsi.

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
species1012