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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Cestrophorus ditachus Braun & Morris, 2022

CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male abdomen tip, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597506; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237: male abdomen tip, caudal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Cestrophorus ditachus Braun & Morris, 2022: 147.

    Holotype; male; a53d1ecc-e3de-4746-95cd-68c376940237; deposited at: Museo de La Plata (MLP); Ecuador: Tungurahua: Baeza Antigua

References (1)

  • Braun, H. & Morris, G.K. (2022) New species of awl-head katydids, Cestrophorus and Acanthacara, from the Andes of Ecuador (Orthoptera, Conocephalinae, Cestrophorini). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 31(2), 143–156. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/82306/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named for its two-part, two-pulse-rate, song structure, readily apparent to the human ear in real time. Greek δι di (two), ταξηοσ tachos (speed). This insect is also named (inadvertently but deservedly Dita Klimas, katydid field photographer extraordinaire.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001