genus

Cota Bolívar, 1887

Cota saxosa Bolívar, 1887 type species by subsequent designation of Cota Bolívar, 1887

Cota Bolívar, 1887: 183.
type species by subsequent designation Cota saxosa Bolívar, 1887 in Kirby, 1910: 11
Cota Bolívar, 1887 in Hancock, 1907: 18.
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Cota Bolívar, 1887 in Kasalo, Yong, Rebrina & Skejo, 2023: 188.
Cota Bolívar, 1887 (classified as Metrodorina Bolívar, 1887) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 13, 45, 253.

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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Silva, D.S.M., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Pereira, M.R., De Domenico, F.C. & Sperber, C.F. (2019) New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae). Insecta Mundi, 723, 1–38.
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.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Probably Latin cota, tunic or coat, possibly relating to pronotum.