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Metopomystrum Günther, 1939

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type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (9)

  • Metopomystrum Günther, 1939: 270.

    type species by original designation Metopomystrum pehlkei Günther, 1939

  • Metopomystrum Günther, 1939 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 884.
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  • Metopomystrum Günther, 1939 in Kasalo, Yong, Rebrina & Skejo, 2023: 191.
  • Metopomystrum Günther, 1939 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 118, 257.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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
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  • 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., 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
  • Silva, D.S.M., Skejo, J., Pereira, M.R., De Domenico, F.C. & Sperber, C.F. (2017) Comments on the recent changes in taxonomy of pygmy unicorns, with description of a new species of Metopomystrum from Brazil (Insecta, Tetrigidae, Cleostratini, Miriatrini). ZooKeys, 702, 1–18. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13981/
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2016) Review of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Cleostratini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Far Eastern Entomologist, 326, 1–44.
  • 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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species6039