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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907

CollectionObject 1532934; 235833de-0fad-448a-902c-191199e7b48a: Fig. 169. male, lateral view (Plesiotettix spec.; total length 11.5 mm, pronotum 10.5 mm, hind femur 4.9 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532934; 235833de-0fad-448a-902c-191199e7b48a: Fig. 169. male, lateral view (Plesiotettix spec.; total length 11.5 mm, pronotum 10.5 mm, hind femur 4.9 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532934; 235833de-0fad-448a-902c-191199e7b48a: Fig. 168. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view (Plesiotettix spec.; shoulder width 2 mm). (CollectionObject).

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907

Nomenclature (8)

  • Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907: 34.

    type species by subsequent designation Plesiotettix uncinatus Hancock, 1907 in Günther, 1939: 237

  • Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907 in Bruner, 1910: 96.
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  • Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 480-482.
  • Plesiotettix Hancock, 1907 (classified as Otumbini Cadena-Castañeda, 2025) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 148, 151, 167, 259.

References (8)

  • Bruner, L. (1910) South American Tetrigidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 7, 89–143. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38116#page/151/mode/1up
  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Devriese, H. (2007) Tetrigidae from Ecuador (Orthoptera Caelifera Tetrigoidea). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 7, 41–54. Available at https://heyjoe.fbk.eu/index.php/atagb/article/view/5435
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • 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.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/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.
  • 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 πλησίον, close or near, and τέττιξ, alluding to relationship with Systolederus Bolívar, 1887. The ending -tettix is common in tetrigid genus names.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species3003