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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Panacanthus Walker, 1869

spiny devil katydids

Type

type species by original monotypy of Panacanthus Walker, 1869

Nomenclature (20)

  • Panacanthus Walker, 1869: 332.

    type species by original monotypy Panacanthus varius Walker, 1869

  • Storniza Walker, 1869: 333.

    type species by original monotypy Storniza pallicornis Walker, 1869

  • Storniza Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Panacanthus Walker, 1869) in Otte, 1997: 64.
  • Panacanthus Walker, 1869 in Montealegre-Z. & Morris, 2004: 28.

References (13)

  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Bolívar, I. (1881) Notas entomológicas V. Nuevas especies de ortópteros sudamericanos del viaje al Pacífico. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 10, 477–507. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1138
  • Bolívar, I. (1884) Insectos Neurópteros y Ortópteros. In Artrópodos del viaje al Pacífico verificado de 1862 a 1865 por una comisión de naturalistas enviada por el gobierno español. Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta, Madrid. 114 pp., 3 figs. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34062
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • 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. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1909) Recensio Conocephalidarum in "A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera by W.F. Kirby" contentarum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 59, 23–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47594#page/423/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Gurney, A.B. (1976) The spiny Panacanthus and other katydids. Insect World Digest, 7–11.
  • Hogue, C.L. (1993) Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press, 594 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=3CTf8bnlndwC
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Montealegre-Z., F. & Morris, G.K. (2004) The spiny devil katydids, Panacanthus Walker (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): an evolutionary study of acoustic behavior and morphological traits. Systematic Entomology, 29(1), 21–57.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek πᾰν, all, and ἄκανθα, thorn, relating to the spiny appearance.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species70512