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Species

Cladonotus turrifer Walker, 1871

horned Sri-Lankan twighopper
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517867; 2a6e0065-de15-4c98-aa3c-b0e9c351d973, NHMUK10924408: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Cladonotus turrifer Walker, 1871: 843.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK10924408; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka

  • Cladonotus turrifer Walker, 1871 in Kirby, 1910: 18.
  • Cladonotus turrifer Walker, 1871 in Bhaskar, Stermšek, Easa, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 483.
  • Cladonotus turrifer Walker, 1871 in Tumbrinck, 2026: 404.

References (9)

  • Bhaskar, D., Stermšek, S., Easa, P.S., Franjević, D. & Skejo, J. (2020) Wide-nosed pygmy grasshoppers (Cladonotinae: Cladonotini, Xerophyllini) of India and Sri Lanka: catalogue with an identification key and description of a new species of the genus Tettilobus. Zootaxa, 4894(3), 474–500.
  • 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.
  • 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. (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
  • 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
  • Tumbrinck, J., Deranja, M., Adžić, K., Pavlović, M. & Skejo, J. (2020) Cockscomb-shaped twighopper, Cladonotus bhaskari sp. n., a new and rare pygmy grasshopper species from Sri Lanka (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae). Zootaxa, 4821(2), 333–342.
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin turris = tower, and ferō = to carry, alluding to the shape of the pronotum.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001