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Sphenotettix Kevan & Akbar, 1964

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type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (8)

  • Sphenotettix Kevan & Akbar, 1964: 1524.

    type species by original designation Sphenotettix nobilis Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964

  • Sphenotettix Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964: 231, 256.
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  • Sphenotettix Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 651.
  • Sphenotettix Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 16, 171.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1505–1536.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1978) The American Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 36(1-4), 3–28. [1977] Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41722
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1971) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Part III. Tribes Chapmanacridini, Ichthiacridini, Ichthyotettigini, Orthacridini, Popoviini and Nereniini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 46, 123–208, 222–223. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164438
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Singh, A. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) A revision of the Mexican Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). I. Genera other than Sphenarium. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 116, 231–298.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek σφήν, wedge, alluding to body shape, and generic suffix tettix.

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