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Morseidora acuta (Günther, 1939)

Morseidora acuta (Günther, 1939): Fig. 221. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Morseidora acuta (Günther, 1939): Fig. 221. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Morseidora acuta (Günther, 1939): Fig. 220. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1537270; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a: holotype male (lateral view). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537270; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a: holotype male (lateral view). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537270; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a: holotype male (dorsal view). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537270; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a: holotype male (ventral view). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537270; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a: holotype male (labels). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Metrodora acuta Günther, 1939: 294.

    Holotype; male; f950b392-6df1-4fa4-8b31-111e6715130a; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Ecuador: Loja: Loja

  • Metrodora acuta Günther, 1939 in Buzzetti & Devriese, 2007: 52.
  • Morseidora acuta (Günther, 1939) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 90, 254.
  • Armasius acutus (Günther, 1939) in Kasalo, Devriese, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hugel, Husemann, Storozhenko, Heads, Thomas, Doucet, Itrac-Bruneau, Buzzetti, Patano, Subedi, Yong, Bhaskar, Kočárek, Fite, Rivera & Skejo, 2026: 166.

References (5)

  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Carotti, G. (2008) Annotated list of the Caelifera of Ecuador (Biodiversity of South America). Memoirs on Biodiversity, 39–66.
  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Devriese, H. (2007) Tetrigidae from Ecuador (Orthoptera Caelifera Tetrigoidea). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 7, 41–54. Available at https://heyjoe.fbk.eu/index.php/atagb/article/view/5435
  • 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.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin acutus, sharp or acute, relating to the pointed and almost spine-like posterior tips of the lateral lobes of the pronotum.

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