Orthoptera Species File
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.

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
subgenus1001
species201113