Genus
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.
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
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |