genus

Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897

Type

Argyrtes mexicana Saussure & Pictet, 1897 type species by original monotypy of 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.
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Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Karny, 1937: 263.
Argyrtes Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Otte, 2000: 56.

Nomenclature references (5)

de Saussure, H. & 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
Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
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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. (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

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
genus	1	0	0	1
species	4	0	3	7