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subgenus

Conocephalus (Opeastylus) Rehn & Hebard, 1915

Type

Locusta vitticollis Blanchard, 1851 type species by original designation of Conocephalus (Opeastylus) Rehn & Hebard, 1915

Nomenclature (3)

  • Conocephalus (Opeastylus) Rehn & Hebard, 1915: 239.

    type species by original designation Locusta vitticollis Blanchard, 1851

  • Conocephalus (Opeastylus) Rehn & Hebard, 1915 in Otte, 1997: 44.
  • Conocephalus (Opeastylus) Rehn & Hebard, 1915 in Elgueta, Camousseight & Carbonell, 1999: 14.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Elgueta, M., Camousseight, A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1999) Catálogo de Orthoptera (Insecta) de Chile. Publicación ocasional - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), 54, 1–60. Available at http://publicaciones.mnhn.gob.cl/668/articles-71109_archivo_01.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae VI. A synopsis of the species of the genus Conocephalus found in America south of the southern border of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 41(2), 225–290, Pl. XXI-XXIV. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4251_002#page/158/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From ὄπεᾰς = awl and στῦλος = pillar (the styles), in allusion to the awl-like styles of the male subgenital plate in the species of the subgenus.

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Rank Total Valid Invalid
subgenus110
species13211