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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Digamacris Carbonell, 1989

Type

Pezotettix amoenus Stål, 1878 type species by original designation of Digamacris Carbonell, 1989

Nomenclature (2)

  • Digamacris Carbonell, 1989: 77.

    type species by original designation Pezotettix amoenus Stål, 1878

  • Digamacris Carbonell, 1989 in Otte, 1995: 361.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Carbonell, C.S. (1989) Digamacris n. gen. (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) de la region Atlantica meridional de Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 84 (suppl. 4), 77–86. Available at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v84s4/vol84%28fsup4%29_092-101.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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek di = dos; gamos = union or marriage; akris = locust. In allusion to the fact that the known spcies have two color forms in females that correspond to a unique form in males.

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
genus1001
species2057