species
Afrocriotettix teliferus (Walker, 1871)
Sierra Leone Pygmy Grasshopper
Nomenclature (4)
- Tettix telifera Walker, 1871: 818.
Holotype; male; NHMUK010924508; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone
- Criotettix telifera (Walker, 1871) in Kirby, 1910: 16.
- Afrocriotettix teliferus (Walker, 1871) in Adžić, Deranja, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 133.
- Afrocriotettix teliferus (Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 438.
Nomenclature references (4)
- 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.
- Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
- Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1
- Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
From Latin telum = spear, and suffix -ferus (alternative form of -fer) = bearing or carrying, alluding to the shape of the pronotum.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |