Genus
Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897
Nomenclature (5)
- Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 303.
type species by original monotypy Argyrtes mexicana Saussure & Pictet, 1897
- Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Kirby, 1906: 130.
- Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Karny, 1937: 263.
- Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Otte, 2000: 56.
References (5)
- Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1897) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 285–344. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
- 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
- Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
- Otte, D. (2000) Orthoptera Species File 8. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 97 pp.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
"άργύρτης saccularius." The Latin word means swindler or pickpocket. The original description does not mention to what this relates. The Greek suffix -της, tes, seems to form nouns representing a state of being, apparently feminine, also indicated by the originally only species Argyrtes mexicana.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| Genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Species | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |