genus

Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994

Type

Paradichroplus andeanus Bruner, 1913 type species by original designation of Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994

Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994: 88.
type species by original designation Paradichroplus andeanus Bruner, 1913
Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994 in Pocco, Minutolo, Dinghi, Lange, Confalonieri & Cigliano, 2015: 743.

Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994 in Scattolini, Confalonieri, Lira Noriega, Pietrokovsky & Cigliano, 2018

Pocco, M.E., Minutolo, C., Dinghi, P.A., Lange, C.E., Confalonieri, V.A. & Cigliano, M.M. (2015) Species delimitation in the Andean grasshopper genus Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell (Orthoptera: Melanoplinae): an integrative approach combining morphological, molecular and biogeographical data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174(4), 733–759.
Ronderos, R.A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1994) Sobre el género mexicano Pedies Saussure, y las especies sudamericanas atribuidas al mismo (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Melanoplinae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 53(1-4), 83–99. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/32535

Scattolini, M.C., Confalonieri, V.A., Lira Noriega, A., Pietrokovsky, S. & Cigliano, M.M. (2018) Diversification mechanisms in the Andean grasshopper genus Orotettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae): ecological niches and evolutionary history. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123, 697–711.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek oros (mountain) and tettix (locust).