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Oxyphyllum pachymerum (Fieber, 1845)

CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476861; OUM 691, e2bb1522-4430-4bdb-9f25-dde9aa10ab23: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586361; 87cdf6b5-b270-42fe-8457-225a4d615c81: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586361; 87cdf6b5-b270-42fe-8457-225a4d615c81: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586361; 87cdf6b5-b270-42fe-8457-225a4d615c81: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586361; 87cdf6b5-b270-42fe-8457-225a4d615c81: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586361; 87cdf6b5-b270-42fe-8457-225a4d615c81: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587924; 7b800961-2850-4530-8312-5ed175d842be: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587924; 7b800961-2850-4530-8312-5ed175d842be: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587924; 7b800961-2850-4530-8312-5ed175d842be: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587924; 7b800961-2850-4530-8312-5ed175d842be: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587925; 2c21b3b0-4d49-463b-8c00-36a9f66b3f97: female nymph, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587925; 2c21b3b0-4d49-463b-8c00-36a9f66b3f97: female nymph, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587925; 2c21b3b0-4d49-463b-8c00-36a9f66b3f97: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Plagiocephalus pachymerus Fieber, 1845: 407.

    Syntype; b36e8ad1-7b8c-421a-86f3-97ec7bf08ba1; India: East India

  • Oxyphyllum pennatum Hancock, 1909: 393.

    Holotype; female; OUM 691; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Darjeeling

  • Fieberiana pachymera (Fieber, 1845) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 419.
  • Oxyphyllum pachymerum (Fieber, 1845) in Braun, 2026: 448.

References (16)

  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8
  • Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2013) Endemic Orthoptera (Insecta) of India. Prommalia, 1, 17–44.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1845) Entomologische Monographien. Sieben Abhandlungen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 5(3), 277–416, 10 pls.
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1909) Further studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 387–426, pl. 22. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51002#page/693/mode/1up
  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Mahmood, K., Maqsood, A. & Anwar, S. (2004) Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Entomologist, 26(1), 31–33. Available at http://www.pakentomol.com/Downloads/Issues/2004-1/7.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S. & Gupta, S.K. (2009) Checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) of Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1(11), 569–572. Available at http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/448/747
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Skejo, J., Gupta, S.K., Chandra, K., Panhwar, W.A. & Franjević, D. (2019) Oriental macropterous leaf-mimic pygmy grasshoppers - genera Oxyphyllum and Paraphyllum (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and their taxonomic assignment. Zootaxa, 4590(5), 546–560.
  • Steinmann, H. (1970) Check-list of the Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Oriental faunal region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 16, 215–240.
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek παχύς = thick or karge, and μηρός = thigh, relating to the hind femora.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1056