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Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887

Small Horned Pygmy Grasshopper

Nomenclature (14)

  • Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887: 245.
  • Amorphopus simplex Brancsik, 1893: 185.

    Syntype; 0f07c2b2-ecc5-4826-b2ca-c78eed318a04; Madagascar

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  • Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887 in Mathieu, Pavlović & Skejo, 2021: 48.
  • Pterotettix andrei Bolívar, 1887 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 231.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • 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
  • Brancsik, K. (1893) Orthoptera nova Africana. Jahresheft des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsiner Comitates, 15–16, 175–200, tab. IV., IX–XII.
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  • 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.
  • 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
  • Mathieu, É., Pavlović, M. & Skejo, J. (2021) The true colours of the Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper (Notocerus formidabilis Günther, 1974) from the Sava region (Madagascar). ZooKeys, 1042, 41–50. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66381
  • Paris, M. (1994) Catálogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. [1993] Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427
  • Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1980) Catalogue et liste du matériel typique des Tetrigidae conservés dans les collections entomologiques de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 52(22), 1–25. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/52-1980/entomo52-art22.pdf

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Etymology:

Dedicated to the author's hymenopterologist friend E. André who provided the specimen.

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