species

Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907)

Nomenclature (7)

Eremopedes brevicauda Caudell, 1907: 336.
Holotype; female; c4be136b-107f-454f-bc72-ad1abdcdb258; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); United States
Eremopedes brevicauda Caudell, 1907 in Caudell & Hebard, 1912: 165.
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Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907) in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 166.
Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907) in Vahed, Gilbert, Weissman & Barrientos-Lozano, 2014

Caudell, A.N. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of the single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64, 157–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/169/mode/1up
Caudell, A.N. (1907) The Decticinae (a group of Orthoptera) of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 32, 285–410. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53434#page/363/mode/1up
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Vahed, K., Gilbert, J.D.J., Weissman, D.B. & Barrientos-Lozano, L. (2014) Functional equivalence of grasping cerci and nuptial food gifts in promoting ejaculate transfer in katydids. Evolution, 68(7), 2052–2065. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.12421/abstract
Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for short tail, referring to the very short ovipositor.

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
species	1	0	1	2