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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Metrodora sinuata (Morse, 1900)

CollectionObject 1523142; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523142; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523142; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523142; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523142; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Tylotettix sinuatus Morse, 1900: 6.

    Holotype; male; 69f8e632-327e-40f4-a086-5df6490ec41c; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Nicaragua

  • Tylotettix sinuatus Morse, 1900 in Hancock, 1902: 47.
  • Tylotettix sinuata Morse, 1900 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 21, 252.
  • Metrodora sinuata (Morse, 1900) in Kasalo, Janzen, Hallwachs, Brown, Husemann, Vielsäcker, Domazet-Lošo, Franjević, Subedi, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 21.

References (8)

  • Morse, A.P. (1900) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Subfamily Tettiginae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 3–19. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • Hancock, J.L. (1902) Tettigidae of North America. Chicago, 188 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25899
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Maes, J.-M. (1989) Catálogo de los Tetrigidae, Rhipipterygidae y Tridactylidae (Orthoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia, 6, 49–53. Available at http://www.bio-nica.info/RevNicaEntomo/06-Maes-Tetrigidae.pdf
  • Kasalo, N., Naskrecki, P., Rebrina, F. & Skejo, J. (2023) Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue. Zoosystema, 45(7), 176–212. Available at http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/45/7
  • 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
  • Kasalo, N., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Brown, A., Husemann, M., Vielsäcker, M., Domazet-Lošo, T., Franjević, D., Subedi, M., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Integrative taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) reveals eight new species. Diversity, 17(3, 190), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030190

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to strongly sinuate margins of fore and mid femora.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023