genus

Phymonotus Lightfoot, Weissman & Ueshima, 2011

Type

type species by original designation of

Phymonotus Lightfoot, Weissman & Ueshima, 2011: 50.
type species by original designation Phymonotus jacintotopos Lightfoot, Weissman & Ueshima, 2011
Phymonotus Lightfoot, Weissman & Ueshima, 2011 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Maryańska-Nadachowska & Chatfield-Taylor, 2021

Phymonotus Lightfoot, Weissman & Ueshima, 2011 (classified as Nedubinae Gorochov, 1988) in Cole, Bailey, Weissman & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2026: 357.

Cole, J.A., Bailey, J., Weissman, D.B. & Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2026) Phymonotus glyphopyrenos sp. nov. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Nedubinae): a new California high elevation mountain endemic katydid with a built-in amplifier. Zootaxa, 5802(2), 347–363. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5802.2.7
Cole, J.A., Weissman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Ueshima, N., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Maryańska-Nadachowska, A. & Chatfield-Taylor, W. (2021) A revision of the shield-back katydid genus Neduba (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini). Zootaxa, 4910(1), 1–92.

Lightfoot, D.C., Weissman, D.B. & Ueshima, N. (2011) Phymonotus jacintotopos: A new genus and species of shield-backed katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini) from the San Jacinto Mountains of California, USA. Zootaxa, 2937, 49–65.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek prefix “phymo” for swollen, and Greek suffix “notum” in recognition of the unusually enlarged, dome-shaped pronotum.