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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Melainotettix Günther, 1939

Type

type species by original designation of Melainotettix Günther, 1939

Nomenclature (6)

  • Melainotettix Günther, 1939: 85.

    type species by original designation Mazarredia gibbosa Bolívar, 1898

  • Melainotettix Günther, 1939 in Blackith, 1992: 115.
  • Malainotettix [sic] Günther, 1939 in Storozhenko, 2026: 25, 26.
  • Malainotettix [sic] Günther, 1939 (misspelling of Melainotettix Günther, 1939)

References (5)

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species60814