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subgenus

Lophotettix (Corticotettix) Kasalo & Skejo, 2022 ✕

Type

Lophotettix unicristatus Hancock, 1909 type species by original designation of Lophotettix (Corticotettix) Kasalo & Skejo, 2022

Nomenclature (5)

  • Lophotettix Hancock, 1909: 388.

    type species by original designation Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909

  • Lophotettix (Corticotettix) Kasalo & Skejo, 2022 in Kasalo, Bertner, Aznar González de Rueda & Skejo, 2022: 225, 229.

    type species by original designation Lophotettix unicristatus Hancock, 1909

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  • Lophotettix (Corticotettix) Kasalo & Skejo, 2022 in Kasalo, Husemann, Vielsäcker, van de Kamp, Subedi & Skejo, 2025: 357.
  • Lophotettix (Corticotettix) Kasalo & Skejo, 2022 (subjective synonym of Lophotettix Hancock, 1909) in Cadena-Castañeda, García García & Tavares, 2026

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., García García, A. & Tavares, G.C. (2026) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: notes on the current classification of the subfamily Lophotettiginae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), including new taxa. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-025-01656-8
  • 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
  • Kasalo, N., Bertner, P., Aznar González de Rueda, J. & Skejo, J. (2022) The true nature of the genus Lophotettix Hancock, 1909 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae): a brief taxonomic revision. Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 72(2), 223–234.
  • Kasalo, N., Husemann, M., Vielsäcker, M., van de Kamp, T., Subedi, M. & Skejo, J. (2025) Lophotettix verhaaghi (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), a new species of pygmy grasshoppers from Peru with a 3D scan of the holotype. Contributions to Entomology, 75(2), 355–360. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e170564

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin “cortex”, meaning “bark” (of a tree), and Greek “tettix” meaning “grasshopper”.

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