Species

Diponthus festivus Gerstaecker, 1873

Nomenclature (8)

Diponthus festivus Gerstaecker, 1873: 193.
Syntype; male; MfN 1755; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre. Syntype; female; 43592820-cf65-491a-87d4-f8a426432a00; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre. Syntype; male; b3dd179f-8a0c-4e7c-9104-94bcb9641704; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre
Diponthus festivus Gerstaecker, 1873 in Pictet & Saussure, 1887: 371.

Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. (2006) Especies de acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay / Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay. The Orthopterists' Society.
Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Acridiodea nonnulla nova insigniora. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 34, 185–197. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35937#page/190/mode/1up

Pocco, M.E., Lange, C.E. & Cigliano, M.M. (2023) Relationships and taxonomy of the genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae). Zootaxa, 5336(1), 33–81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.2
Rehn, J.A.G. (1913) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 65, 273–379. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30014#page/291/mode/1up

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for festive, lively or handsome.

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	0	1