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genus

Panacanthus Walker, 1869

spiny devil katydids

Type

type species by original monotypy of

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

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

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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
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  • 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) In Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. 594 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=3CTf8bnlndwC
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1869) In 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

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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
genus1023
species70512