Type

Dravidacris annamalaica Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022 type species by original monotypy of Dravidacris Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022

Nomenclature (1)

  • Dravidacris Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022 in Bhaskar, Sankararaman & Kasalo, 2022: 422.

    type species by original monotypy Dravidacris annamalaica Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Bhaskar, D., Sankararaman, H. & Kasalo, N. (2022) Dravidacris annamalaica gen. et sp. nov. a new pygmy unicorn grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from South India. Zootaxa, 5196(3), 420–432.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named in honour of the Dravidians, a term collectively representing the people who live in the southern states of India. The ending –acris is derived from the Greek word ἀκρίς, meaning grasshopper, locust.

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