genus
Metacaputus Naskrecki, 2000
Type
Metacaputus brenesi Naskrecki, 2000 type species by original designation of Metacaputus Naskrecki, 2000
Nomenclature (1)
- Metacaputus Naskrecki, 2000: 72-74.
type species by original designation Metacaputus brenesi Naskrecki, 2000
Nomenclature references (1)
- Naskrecki, P. (2000) Katydids of Costa Rica. Vol. 1. Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids. The Orthopterists' Society at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1–164 pp.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin words meta = pyramidal and caput = head, indicating the strongly triangular shape of the head of the only species of the genus.
Stats
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| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |