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Guntheritettix formidabilis (Günther, 1974)

Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper

Nomenclature (3)

  • Notocerus formidabilis Günther, 1974: 965.

    Holotype; female; b77747ba-6971-4c8d-9933-d65bf7039215; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Marojejy National Park, Mt. Beondroka

  • Notocerus formidabilis Günther, 1974 in Mathieu, Pavlović & Skejo, 2021: 44.
  • Guntheritettix formidabilis (Günther, 1974) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 201.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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. (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
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for formidable.

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