Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970

Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 38. male habitus. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 39. male, head, anterior aspect. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 40. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 41. male abdomen tip, caudal view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 42. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 43. male, ectophallus, dorsal aspect. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 44. male, ectophallus, ventral aspect. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 45. male, ectophallus, lateral aspect. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 46. male, endophallus, lateral aspect. (Otu).
Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: Fig. 47. male, epiphallus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970: 503.

    Holotype; male; 6985c0d5-eea6-47b1-b2be-9164eb613d43; deposited at: South African National Collection of Insects (SANC); South Africa: Northern Cape: Sutherland District, NNW Sutherland

  • Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970 in Otte, 1995: 10.
  • Atopotettix megalocephalus Brown, 1970 in Otte, 2020: 6.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Brown, H.D. (1970) New genera and species of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from South Africa. Journal of Natural History, 4, 493–509.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Otte, D. (2020) Thirty-two new South African grasshopper species in the family Lentulidae belonging to eleven genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 146(1), 1–164.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Large-headed.

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
species1001