genus

Melainotettix Günther, 1939

Type

type species by original designation of Melainotettix Günther, 1939

Melainotettix Günther, 1939: 85.
type species by original designation Mazarredia gibbosa Bolívar, 1898
Melainotettix Günther, 1939 in Blackith, 1992: 115.
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Malainotettix [sic] Günther, 1939 in Storozhenko, 2026: 25, 26.
Malainotettix [sic] Günther, 1939 (misspelling of Melainotettix Günther, 1939)

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. (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.
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Storozhenko, S.Y. (2026) A new species of the genus Malainotettix Günther, 1939 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Papua New Guinea. Far Eastern Entomologist, 558, 25–28. https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.558.2
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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek μελαίνω (melaínō) = to make black, and τέττῑξ (téttīx), a common part of generic names among tetrigids. Alluding to the black coloration.