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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014

Type

type species by original designation of Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014

Nomenclature (7)

  • Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014: 45.

    type species by original designation Armasius iberianus Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014

  • Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014 (classified as Cladonotinae Bolívar, 1887) in Yong, 2017: 1.
  • Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014 (classified as Mucrotettigina Cadena-Castañeda & Silva, 2019) in Yong, 2026: 303, 325.
  • Armasius Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014 (classified as Metrodorina 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)

  • 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
  • Kasalo, N., Yong, S., Rebrina, F. & Skejo, J. (2023) Definition of the tribe Metrodorini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with notes on biogeography and evolution of Metrodorinae and Cladonotinae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 63(1), 187–193. Available at http://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-1944/1989-63_1_187.pdf
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. & Yong, S. (2014) Armasius iberianus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae): a new genus and species of pygmy grasshoppers from eastern Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, 7, 44–50. Available at http://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/64
  • 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. Available at https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/115769
  • Yong, S. (2017) The adult male of the little-known pygmy grasshopper Armasius iberianus Perez-Gelabert & Yong, 2014 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 15, 1–9. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2017.15.1
  • Yong, S. (2026) New additions to the Caribbean pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae): three new genera and four new species from Cuba, Greater Antilles. Zootaxa, 5853(3), 301–329. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5853.3.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to Dr. Luis F. de Armas (Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, La Habana, Cuba), a highly accomplished Cuban arachnologist, prolific researcher, author of most of the known Caribbean non-spider arachnids and the collector of this important specimen four decades ago.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Genus1001
Species1001