Species

Charagotettix longispinis (Günther, 1939)

Long Humpback Pygmy Grasshopper

Nomenclature (5)

Agkistropleuron longispinis Günther, 1939: 192.
Holotype; male; e9e433bd-24c0-4dc4-95aa-ae944805d40a; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Ambolo Valley, Sakavalana Mt.
Agkistropleuron longispinis Günther, 1939 (incertae sedis in Charagotettix Brancsik, 1893)

Agkistropleuron longispinis Günther, 1939 in Otte, 1997: 92.
Charagotettix longispinis (Günther, 1939) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 262.

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.

Günther, K. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tetrigiodea (Orth. Caelifera) von Madagaskar und von Mauritius. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 236 (Zool. 160), 937–1031. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/260408#page/3/mode/1up
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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Relating to the long and pointed lateral lobes of the pronotum. From Latin spinis, spines or thorns.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	1	2