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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Phaesticus Uvarov, 1940

Type

Tettix mellerborgi Stål, 1855 type species by original monotypy of Phaesticus Uvarov, 1940

Nomenclature (39)

  • Phaestus Bolívar, 1887: 190, 196, 309. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Tettix mellerborgi Stål, 1855

  • Phaestus Bolívar, 1887 (homonym of Phaestus Förster, 1868)
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  • Phaesticus Uvarov, 1940 in Li, Dong & Lin, 2025: 117.
  • Phaesticus Uvarov, 1940 (classified as Xistrellini Skejo, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck & Kasalo, 2025) in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 38.

Nomenclature references (24)

  • 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.
  • Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
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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, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
  • Li, X., Dong, X. & Lin, L. (2025) New insights into the phylogeny of Tetrigoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera), with the announcement of the first mitogenome of the genus Phaesticus. ZooKeys, 1251, 115–130. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1251.154178
  • Liang, G.-qiu & Zheng, Z.-M. (1984) A new genus and a new species of Tetrigidae from Guangdong province (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 27(4), 430–432.
  • Liang, G.-qiu & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i-x, 1–278.
  • Liang, G.-qiu (1988) A new species of the genus Flatocerus from Hainan Island (Orthotpera: Tetrigidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 13(1), 65–66.
  • Liang, G.-qiu, Chen, Y.-Q. & Chen, Y.-L. (2008) A new species of the genus Flatocerus (Orthoptera, Discotettigidae) from Yunnan, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33(1), 138–140.
  • Mahmood, K., Idris, A.B. & Salmah, Y. (2007) Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) from Malaysia with the description of six new species. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 50(12), 1272–1284. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/CN/Y2007/V50/I12/1272
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Patano, R.R., Jr., Storozhenko, S.Y., Tumbrinck, J., Domazet-Lošo, T., Amoroso, V.B., Yap, S.A. & Škorput, J. (2025) Taxonomic revision of pygmy devil genera Almacris, Ginixistra, Tegotettix, and Xistra, with comments on Xistrella (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Taxonomy, 5(60), 1–47. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040060
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Dawwrueng, P. (2015) New and little-known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 4052(5), 527–554.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 112–117.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 73, 1–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/125/mode/1up
  • 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., Skejo, J., Mao, B.-Y. & Ding, J.-H. (2021) Taxonomic revision of Phaesticus Uvarov and synonymy with Flatocerus Liang & Zheng syn. nov. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Zootaxa, 4965(3), 501–514.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) In Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Western China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–501 pp.
  • Zheng, Z.-M., Bai, Y. & Xu, S.-Q. (2011) A new species of the genus Flatocerus Liang et Zheng from Guangdong in China (Orthoptera, Tetrigoidea, Discotettigidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 36(3), 536–538. Available at http://www.zootax.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=656&mid=16689
  • Zheng, Z.-M., Zhang, H.-L. & Zeng, H.-H. (2011) The genus Flatocerus Liang and Zheng (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of a new species from China. Oriental Insects, 45, 80–86. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00305316.2011.590630

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from replaced homonym Phaestus 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
genus1034
species302326