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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907

Type

type species by original designation of Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907

Nomenclature (10)

  • Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907: 31, 37.

    type species by original designation Amorphopus antennatus Bolívar, 1887

  • Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907 in Kirby, 1910: 22.
  • Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907 in Cadena-Castañeda, Silva, Mendes, Pereira, Domenico & Sperber, 2020: 51.
  • Eomorphopus Hancock, 1907 (classified as Amorphopini Günther, 1939) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 260.

References (10)

  • Bruner, L. (1910) South American Tetrigidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 7, 89–143. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38116#page/151/mode/1up
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • 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
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Silva, D.S.M., Mendes, D.M.de M., Pereira, M.R., de Domenico, F.C. & Sperber, C.F. (2020) Review of the tribe Amorphopini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae): Pygmy moss-lichen tetrigids from the Amazon rainforest. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 1, 45–62. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/33717/
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Liebermann, J. (1955) Primeira relação sistemática dos Acridoideos do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 53(2-4), 329–344. Available at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v53n2-3-4/tomo53(f2-3-4)_194-209.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Amorphopus Serville, 1838 and Morphopus Bolívar, 1905, prefix eo- meaning early or primeval.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species3047