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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938

Type

Criotettix nigellus Bolívar, 1887 type species by original designation of Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938

Nomenclature (9)

  • Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938: 121, 162. (valid)

    type species by original designation Criotettix nigellus Bolívar, 1887

  • Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938 (subjective synonym of Tefrinda Bolívar, 1906) in Rehn, 1938: 380.
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  • Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938 in Otte, 1997: 74.
  • Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938 (classified as Criotettiginae Kevan, 1966) in Subedi, Kasalo & Skejo, 2025: 139.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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
  • 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.
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  • Günther, K. (1979) Die Tetrigoidea von Afrika südlich der Sahara (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 29(1), 7–183. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/1130
  • 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1938) Studies in African Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part 2. New genera and species, and critical notes on previously-known forms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 361–387.
  • Steinmann, H. (1962) The Tetrigidae of Africa (Orthoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 15, 303–326.
  • 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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from distribution in Africa and Criotettix Bolívar, 1887.

Stats

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
species4059
subspecies2035