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Genus

Tylotettix Morse, 1900

This name is not valid/accepted. The valid name is Metrodora Bolívar, 1887.

Type

type species by original monotypy of Tylotettix Morse, 1900

Nomenclature (7)

  • Tylotettix Morse, 1900: 6.

    type species by original monotypy Tylotettix sinuatus Morse, 1900

  • Tylotettix Morse, 1900 in Hancock, 1902: 47.
  • Tylotettix Morse, 1900 (classified as Metrodorina Bolívar, 1887) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 13, 15, 252.
  • Tylotettix Morse, 1900 (subjective synonym of Metrodora Bolívar, 1887) 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 (7)

  • 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
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • 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., 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:

Possibly from Greek τύλος, woodlouse.

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