Species

Cohnita eurycercus (Hebard, 1918)

Nomenclature (7)

Phaulotettix eurycercus Hebard, 1918: 143.
Holotype; male; 35b2e305-55ca-4ba3-9f5a-621564ad9af4; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas: Hidalgo: Laguna del Gato, 3 mi W San Fordyce
Phaulotettix eurycercus Hebard, 1918 in Tinkham, 1948: 612.

Phaulotettix eurycercus Hebard, 1918 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 269-270.
Cohnita eurycercus (Hebard, 1918) in Otte, 2025: 430.

Hebard, M. (1918) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orthoptera: Acridiidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 44(2), 141–169. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4254_002#page/39/mode/1up
Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]

Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
Otte, D. (2025) A new grasshopper genus, Cohnita (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 151(3), 427–462. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.151.0303

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Allusion to the distinctive cerci.

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
Species	1	0	1	2