Genus
† Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019
Nomenclature (2)
- † Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019: 436. (fossil)
type species by original designation † Danatettix hoffeinsorum Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019
- † Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019 in Skejo, Kasalo, Thomas & Heads, 2023: 22.
References (2)
- Thomas, M.J., Skejo, J. & Heads, S.W. (2019) The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 4686(3), 435–445.
- Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Thomas, M.J. & Heads, S.W. (2023) A new long-winged pygmy grasshopper in Eocene Baltic amber raises questions about the evolution of reduced tegmenula in Tetrigidae (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 33(1), 21–26. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.105144
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The name honors Katie Dana, the first author’s wife, without whom he would never have become interested in entomology. The suffix “tettix” is Greek and means “grasshopper.”
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |