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genus

Thoradonta Hancock, 1909

Type

Thoradonta dentata Hancock, 1909 type species by original designation of Thoradonta Hancock, 1909

Nomenclature (33)

  • Thoradonta Hancock, 1909: 407.

    type species by original designation Thoradonta dentata Hancock, 1909

  • Thoradonta Hancock, 1909 in Günther, 1938: 121.
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  • Thoradonta Hancock, 1909 in Adžić, Deranja, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 140.
  • Thoradonta Hancock, 1909 in Subedi, Kasalo & Skejo, 2025: 148.

Nomenclature references (26)

  • Adžić, K., Deranja, M., Franjević, D. & Skejo, J. (2020) Are Scelimeninae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) monophyletic and why it remains a question. Entomological News, 129(2), 128–146.
  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
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  • Deng, W.-A. (2016) Taxonomic study of Tetrigoidea from China. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 341 pp.
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M. & Wei, S.-Z. (2007) Fauna of Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi. Guangxi Science & Technology Press, Nanning, China, 1–458 pp.
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117–148, 161–230. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_99_0161-0230.pdf
  • Hancock, J.L. (1909) Further studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 387–426, pl. 22. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51002#page/693/mode/1up
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 375–420. Available at https://danbif.dk/research-files/litteratur/entomologiske-meddelelser/bind-34/kevan__d._k._m._1966.pdf
  • Liang, G.-qiu & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i-x, 1–278.
  • Mahmood, K., Maqsood, A. & Anwar, S. (2004) Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Entomologist, 26(1), 31–33. Available at http://www.pakentomol.com/Downloads/Issues/2004-1/7.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1979) The primary types of Orthoptera (Saltatoria, Blattodea, Phasmatodea, and Mantodea) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 130, 26–87. [1978]
  • 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.
  • Podgornaya, L.I. (1994) Notes on the genus Thoradonta Hancock (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae). In Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 257, pp. 51–54.
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1995) Insecta: Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea. State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya, 3, 165–208. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/sfs/021/index.pdf
  • Steinmann, H. (1962) The Tetrigidae of Africa (Orthoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 15, 303–326.
  • Steinmann, H. (1970) Check-list of the Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Oriental faunal region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 16, 215–240.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Dawwrueng, P. (2015) New and little-known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 4052(5), 527–554.
  • Subedi, M., Kasalo, N. & Skejo, J. (2025) Definition of the pygmy grasshopper subfamily Criotettiginae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with a preliminary catalogue of genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 318, 133–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.08.003
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2018) A new species of Thoradonta from New Guinea with some remarks on other Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) taxa from Indo-Australia. Suara Serangga Papua, 11(1), 27–46. Available at http://www.sugapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A-new-species-of-Thoradonta-in-Papua-Tumbrinck-SUGAPA-111-5.doc.pdf
  • Wagan, M.S. & Sultana, R. (2013) Biodiversity and distribution of the orthoptern insects of Pakistan. Proceedings of Pakistan Congress of Zoology, 33, 33–74. Available at http://www.zsp.com.pk/PRO2013.pdf
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.
  • Zha, L., Sheng, M., Wen, T. & Hyde, K.D. (2016) A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae). ZooKeys, 607, 69–79. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9056
  • Zha, L., Wen, T., Kang, J. & Hyde, K.D. (2016) The genus Thoradonta in Thailand (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 50(13-14), 833–845.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Liang, G.-qiu (1991) On the genus Thoradonta Hancock from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae, Scelimeninae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 34(4), 453–457.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) In Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Western China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–501 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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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
genus1067
species1802644