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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Isandrus Rehn, 1930

Type

type species by original designation of Isandrus Rehn, 1930

Nomenclature (8)

  • Isandrus Rehn, 1930: 514. (valid in Günther, 1974: 972)

    type species by original designation Isandrus cicatricosus Rehn, 1930

  • Isandrus Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1938: 23.
  • Isandrus Rehn, 1930 (classified as Metrodorinae Bolívar, 1887) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 223, 233, 264.
  • Isandrus Rehn, 1930 (classified as Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838) in Kasalo, Devriese, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hugel, Husemann, Storozhenko, Heads, Thomas, Doucet, Itrac-Bruneau, Buzzetti, Patano, Subedi, Yong, Bhaskar, Kočárek, Fite, Rivera & Skejo, 2026: 169.

References (8)

  • 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. (1938) Acrydiinen (Orthoptera: Acrididae) von Neu Guinea hauptsächlich aus den Ausbeuten von Professor Dr. Bürgers (1912-13), Dr. E Mayr (1928), G. Stein (1931) and Miss L. E. Cheesman (1933-34). Nova Guinea, 2, 1–46.
  • 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
  • Kasalo, N., Devriese, H., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hugel, S., Husemann, M., Storozhenko, S.Y., Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J., Doucet, G., Itrac-Bruneau, R., Buzzetti, F.M., Patano, R.R., Jr., Subedi, M., Yong, S., Bhaskar, D., Kočárek, P., Fite, T., Rivera, R.R. & Skejo, J. (2026) Towards improved taxonomic standards in Orthoptera: Critical examination of Cadena-Castañeda et al. (2025b) and proposed synonymies. Contributions to Entomology, 76(2), 161–177. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.76.e185085
  • 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. (1930) New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 477–519. [1929]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1938) Studies in African Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part 2. New genera and species, and critical notes on previously-known forms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 361–387.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek mythology, Ισανδρος is the son Bellerophon.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species2002