Superspecies
Ophiotettix supersp. toxopei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
Nomenclature (1)
- Ophiotettix toxopei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017: 533.
Holotype; male; f77b5920-f19e-49b0-9eca-06b839a5cf11; deposited at: Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NBC); Indonesia: Papua: Araucaria Camp
References (1)
- Tumbrinck, J. & Skejo, J. (2017) Taxonomic and biogeographic revision of the New Guinean genus Ophiotettix Walker, 1871 (Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae: Ophiotettigini trib. nov.), with the descriptions of 33 new species. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 3, 525–580 pp.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
The species is named after its collector, the Dutch entomologist Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus (1894–1951). He took part in the 1938-1939 Richard Archbold expedition to New Guinea, where he collected a vast amount of Ophiotettix specimens
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Superspecies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |