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Stalitettix spinifrons (Stål, 1861)

Stalitettix spinifrons (Stål, 1861): Fig. 161. male, lateral view (pronotum length 11 mm, hind femur 6 mm). (Otu).
Stalitettix spinifrons (Stål, 1861): Fig. 161. male, lateral view (pronotum length 11 mm, hind femur 6 mm). (Otu).
Stalitettix spinifrons (Stål, 1861): Fig. 160. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view (shoulder width 3 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529897; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034, 27e70674-7fd3-41ff-8aab-7716fbadf9d6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529897; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034, 27e70674-7fd3-41ff-8aab-7716fbadf9d6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529897; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034, 27e70674-7fd3-41ff-8aab-7716fbadf9d6: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529897; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034, 27e70674-7fd3-41ff-8aab-7716fbadf9d6: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529897; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034, 27e70674-7fd3-41ff-8aab-7716fbadf9d6: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532929; bd45044c-377f-4903-9dcb-092866d5a0c3: male, lateral view (no type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532929; bd45044c-377f-4903-9dcb-092866d5a0c3: male, lateral view (no type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532929; bd45044c-377f-4903-9dcb-092866d5a0c3: male, dorsal view (no type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532929; bd45044c-377f-4903-9dcb-092866d5a0c3: male, frontal view (no type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532929; bd45044c-377f-4903-9dcb-092866d5a0c3: male, labels (no type). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Tettix spinifrons Stål, 1861: 346.

    Holotype; male; NHRS NRM-ORTH 13034; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Brazil

  • Tetrix spinifrons (Stål, 1861) in Stål, 1873
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  • Stalitettix spinifrons (Stål, 1861) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 140, 258.
  • Otumba spinifrons (Stål, 1861) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 431.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
  • 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
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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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Liebermann, J. (1955) Primeira relação sistemática dos Acridoideos do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 53(2-4), 329–344. Available at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v53n2-3-4/tomo53(f2-3-4)_194-209.pdf
  • 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. (1916) The Stanford expedition to Brazil. 1911, Dermaptera and Orthoptera I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 42(3), 215–308. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4252_003#page/1/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to spine-like fastigium.

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