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Species

Clypeotettix mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)

CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: female, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477163; 9e2235ec-43bb-4ab3-9e3f-92a3f4c08a53: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523332; 77b603e9-4feb-489b-8db9-0a32c3cd0729: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523332; 77b603e9-4feb-489b-8db9-0a32c3cd0729: female, frontal view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523332; 77b603e9-4feb-489b-8db9-0a32c3cd0729: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523332; 77b603e9-4feb-489b-8db9-0a32c3cd0729: labels (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523334; 7715f79d-c2fe-4de0-b7b2-4f0eef877a5c: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus form extensus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523334; 7715f79d-c2fe-4de0-b7b2-4f0eef877a5c: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus form extensus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523334; 7715f79d-c2fe-4de0-b7b2-4f0eef877a5c: female, frontal view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus form extensus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523334; 7715f79d-c2fe-4de0-b7b2-4f0eef877a5c: labels (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus form extensus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523336; fd20c320-19b9-4c78-b933-c959fc7def74: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523336; fd20c320-19b9-4c78-b933-c959fc7def74: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523336; fd20c320-19b9-4c78-b933-c959fc7def74: female, frontal view (lectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523336; fd20c320-19b9-4c78-b933-c959fc7def74: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523336; fd20c320-19b9-4c78-b933-c959fc7def74: labels (lectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523337; 92c9a7e3-2155-4578-be0c-dba8b4575fdb: female, lateral view (holotype of Paratettix robustus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523337; 92c9a7e3-2155-4578-be0c-dba8b4575fdb: female, lateral view (holotype of Paratettix robustus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523337; 92c9a7e3-2155-4578-be0c-dba8b4575fdb: female, frontal view (holotype of Paratettix robustus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523337; 92c9a7e3-2155-4578-be0c-dba8b4575fdb: labels (holotype of Paratettix robustus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523338; 27632d1f-ee1c-4d89-8b6f-8b56fbdfed3b: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus sonorensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523338; 27632d1f-ee1c-4d89-8b6f-8b56fbdfed3b: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus sonorensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523338; 27632d1f-ee1c-4d89-8b6f-8b56fbdfed3b: female, frontal view (lectotyoe of Paratettix toltecus sonorensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523338; 27632d1f-ee1c-4d89-8b6f-8b56fbdfed3b: female, drosal view (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus sonorensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523338; 27632d1f-ee1c-4d89-8b6f-8b56fbdfed3b: labels (lectotype of Paratettix toltecus sonorensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523339; 5bbade7a-4c93-4285-aaaf-3336f424c9bb: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix tuberculatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523339; 5bbade7a-4c93-4285-aaaf-3336f424c9bb: female, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix tuberculatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523339; 5bbade7a-4c93-4285-aaaf-3336f424c9bb: female, frontal view (lectotype of Paratettix tuberculatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523339; 5bbade7a-4c93-4285-aaaf-3336f424c9bb: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Paratettix tuberculatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523339; 5bbade7a-4c93-4285-aaaf-3336f424c9bb: labels (lectotype of Paratettix tuberculatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585093; 28478598-a453-4890-9b21-e4746364a63b: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585093; 28478598-a453-4890-9b21-e4746364a63b: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585093; 28478598-a453-4890-9b21-e4746364a63b: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585093; 28478598-a453-4890-9b21-e4746364a63b: male, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585093; 28478598-a453-4890-9b21-e4746364a63b: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590233; 2853cb12-a6e1-41e4-8289-93e1dab8255b: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590233; 2853cb12-a6e1-41e4-8289-93e1dab8255b: male, frontal view (paralectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590233; 2853cb12-a6e1-41e4-8289-93e1dab8255b: labels (paralectotype of Paratettix morsei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590234; 0b646dfc-67d3-4823-97ab-d24443447c44: male, lateral view (paralectotyoe of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590234; 0b646dfc-67d3-4823-97ab-d24443447c44: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590234; 0b646dfc-67d3-4823-97ab-d24443447c44: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590234; 0b646dfc-67d3-4823-97ab-d24443447c44: male, dorsal view (paralectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590234; 0b646dfc-67d3-4823-97ab-d24443447c44: labels (paralectotype of Paratettix toltecus arizonus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597114; 86c8af03-9694-4cfd-8e06-3cff01ff9709: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597114; 86c8af03-9694-4cfd-8e06-3cff01ff9709: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597114; 86c8af03-9694-4cfd-8e06-3cff01ff9709: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597114; 86c8af03-9694-4cfd-8e06-3cff01ff9709: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597114; 86c8af03-9694-4cfd-8e06-3cff01ff9709: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (65)

  • Tettix mexicana Saussure, 1861: 400.
  • Tettix mexicana Saussure, 1861 in Thomas, 1873: 243.
  • Clypeotettix mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) in Kasalo, Janzen, Hallwachs, Brown, Husemann, Vielsäcker, Domazet-Lošo, Franjević, Subedi, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 23, 24.
  • Paratettix mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 434.

References (25)

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  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up
  • Morse, A.P. (1899) New North American Tettiginae. III. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7, 198–201. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36372#page/214/mode/1up
  • Morse, A.P. (1900) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Subfamily Tettiginae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 3–19. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • Hancock, J.L. (1902) Tettigidae of North America. Chicago, 188 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25899
  • Bruner, L. (1906) Some Guatemalan Orthoptera, with descriptions of five new species. The Ohio Naturalist, 7, 9–13. Available at http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/1530/V07N01_009.pdf?sequence=1
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC
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  • Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/mode/1up
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  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1961) A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12, 1–255.
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  • Kasalo, N., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Brown, A., Husemann, M., Vielsäcker, M., Domazet-Lošo, T., Franjević, D., Subedi, M., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Integrative taxonomy of Costa Rican Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) reveals eight new species. Diversity, 17(3, 190), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17030190
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution in Mexico.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101617