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genus

Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887

Type

Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887 type species by original monotypy of Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887

Nomenclature (9)

  • Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887: 245.

    type species by original monotypy Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887

  • Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887 in Hancock, 1907: 45.
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  • Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887 in Otte, 1997: 59.
  • Pterotettix Bolívar, 1887 (classified as Pterotettigini Cadena-Castañeda, 2025) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 224, 231, 264.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Steinmann, H. (1962) The Tetrigidae of Africa (Orthoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 15, 303–326.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In 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 πτερόν, wing, alluding to the presence of wings. The ending -tettix is common in generic names among pygmy grssshoppers.

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