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genus

Sigaus Hutton, 1898

Type

Sigaus piliferus Hutton, 1898 type species by original monotypy of Sigaus Hutton, 1898

Nomenclature (30)

  • Sigaus Hutton, 1898: 140.

    type species by original monotypy Sigaus piliferus Hutton, 1898

  • Paprides Hutton, 1898: 145.

    type species by subsequent designation Paprides nitidus Hutton, 1898 in Bigelow, 1967

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  • Brachaspis Hutton, 1898 (subjective synonym of Sigaus Hutton, 1898) in Trewick, Koot & Morgan-Richards, 2023: 236.
  • Paprides Hutton, 1898 (subjective synonym of Sigaus Hutton, 1898) in Trewick, Koot & Morgan-Richards, 2023: 236.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Bigelow, R.S. (1967) Grasshoppers of New Zealand.
  • Hutton, F.W. (1898) Notes on the New Zealand Acridiae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 31, 44–50. Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_31/rsnz_31_00_000860.html
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  • Hutton, F.W. (1898) The grasshoppers and locusts of New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30, 135–150. [1897] Available at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_30/rsnz_30_00_000940.html#n158
  • Jamieson, C. (1999) Distribution and abundance of Sigaus childi Jamieson (Orthoptera: Acrididae), a central Otago endemic grasshopper. Science for Conservation (Wellington), 110, 1–27.
  • 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
  • Morris, S.J. (2003) Two new species of Sigaus from Fiordland, New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae). New Zealand Entomologist, 26, 65–74. Available at http://www.ento.org.nz/nzentomologist/free_issues/NZEnto16_1_1993/Volume%2016-68-74.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1953) Family Acrididae (Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae). In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia II. CSIRO, Melbourne. 270 pp.
  • Trewick, S.A. (2001) Identity of an endangered grasshopper (Acrididae: Brachaspis): taxonomy, molecules and conservation. Conservation Genetics, 2(3), 233–243.
  • Trewick, S.A., Koot, E.M. & Morgan-Richards, M. (2023) Māwhitiwhiti Aotearoa: Phylogeny and synonymy of the silent alpine grasshopper radiation of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Zootaxa, 5383(2), 225–241. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.7
  • 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.
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Life zone and ecology data

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Gender, form, and etymology
Masculine
Etymology:

Probably derived from the Greek σιγάω (sigáo) meaning to be silent or to keep silent. All species lack fully developed wings and their tegmina are too short to engage with movements of hind legs in the usual stridulatory behaviour of short-horn grasshoppers. Stridulatory pegs found on the hind femora of other Acrididae are absent.

Sigaus Hutton, 1898

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