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Agroecotettix aristus Hebard, 1922

aristate aridland scrub jumper

Nomenclature (2)

  • Agroecotettix modestus aristus Hebard, 1922: 49.

    Holotype; male; 065d4d25-f2d4-4b7d-904a-71f70eb5d803; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas: Uvalde: Uvalde

  • Agroecotettix aristus Hebard, 1922 in Hill, 2024: 191.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hebard, M. (1922) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the U. S. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 48(1), 49–66. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4258_001#page/55/mode/1up
  • Hill, J.V.G. (2024) Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixteen new species from the United States and Mexico. ZooKeys, 1218, 177–230. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.133703

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Likely from Latin arista in reference to the aristate or awn-like point of the male cerci in the genus Agroecotettix.

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