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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Tettiella odiosa (Walker, 1871)

CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477370; c6033290-4ffa-46ad-bb21-8bc098733b77, NHMUK010924422: female (holotype), labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521867; OUM 749, ae9c4b61-2a3e-4414-849a-d97ce1862d31: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521867; OUM 749, ae9c4b61-2a3e-4414-849a-d97ce1862d31: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521867; OUM 749, ae9c4b61-2a3e-4414-849a-d97ce1862d31: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521867; OUM 749, ae9c4b61-2a3e-4414-849a-d97ce1862d31: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521867; OUM 749, ae9c4b61-2a3e-4414-849a-d97ce1862d31: female, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Tettix odiosa Walker, 1871: 820.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK010924422; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape Town

  • Tettiella arcuata Hancock, 1909: 419.

    Syntype; female; OUM 749; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape Town, Rondebosch. Syntype; female; 0f24d549-3d18-4a24-b334-5b5be26e2a21; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape Town, Rondebosch

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  • Tettiella arcuata Hancock, 1909 (subjective synonym of Tettix odiosa Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 442.
  • Tettiella odiosa (Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 442.

References (7)

  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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:

Latin for hateful, odious, or troublesome.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045