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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878

meteor crickets

Type

type species by original designation of Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878

Nomenclature (11)

  • Salmania Walker, 1869: 73.

    type species by original monotypy Salmania sordida Walker, 1869

  • Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878: 526 [666]. (valid)

    type species by original designation Piestodactylus brevipennis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

  • Salmania Walker, 1869 (nomen oblitum of Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878) in He, Su, Tan, Zwick, Warren & Robillard, 2024
  • Myara Otte & Alexander, 1983 (subjective synonym of Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878) in He, Su, Tan, Zwick, Warren & Robillard, 2024

References (10)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1898) Orthopteren des Malayischen Archipels gesammelt von Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal in den Jahren 1893 and 1894. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 24(2), 193–288, pl. 16–20. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54935#page/202/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • He, S., Su, Y.N., Tan, M.K., Zwick, A., Warren, B.H. & Robillard, T. (2024) Museomics, molecular phylogeny and systematic revision of the Eurepini crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae), with description of two new genera. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12622
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. (1983) The Australian crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 22, 1–477. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=PkvoRnAM6WUC
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Su, Y.N. (2019) A Guide to Crickets of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 398 pp. https://doi.org/10.1071/9781486305070
  • Robillard, T. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2008) Clarification of the taxonomy of extant crickets of the subfamily Eneopterinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Gryllidae). Zootaxa, 1789, 66–68.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1878) Mélanges orthoptérologiques. VI. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(2), 369–704 [505–834]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122148#page/525/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From πιεστος, depressed and δάκτυλος, finger, in allusion ot the second tarsal segment which is flattened.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Superspecies3003
Species1001525