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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Arexion Rehn, 1930

Type

type species by original designation of Arexion Rehn, 1930

Nomenclature (6)

  • Arexion Rehn, 1930: 508.

    type species by original designation Arexion suavis Rehn, 1930

  • Arexion Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1939: 35.
  • Arexion Rehn, 1930 (classified as Metrodorinae Bolívar, 1887) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 223, 232, 264.
  • Arexion Rehn, 1930 (classified as Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838) in Kasalo, Devriese, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hugel, Husemann, Storozhenko, Heads, Thomas, Doucet, Itrac-Bruneau, Buzzetti, Patano, Subedi, Yong, Bhaskar, Kočárek, Fite, Rivera & Skejo, 2026: 169.

References (6)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Infante, I.C., Silva, D.S.M. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Kasalo, N., Devriese, H., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hugel, S., Husemann, M., Storozhenko, S.Y., Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J., Doucet, G., Itrac-Bruneau, R., Buzzetti, F.M., Patano, R.R., Jr., Subedi, M., Yong, S., Bhaskar, D., Kočárek, P., Fite, T., Rivera, R.R. & Skejo, J. (2026) Towards improved taxonomic standards in Orthoptera: Critical examination of Cadena-Castañeda et al. (2025b) and proposed synonymies. Contributions to Entomology, 76(2), 161–177. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.76.e185085
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1930) New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 477–519. [1929]
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Ἀρηξίων, an Arcadian soothsayer.

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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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