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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Cestrophorus amplitenuis Braun & Morris, 2022

CollectionObject 1597516; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597516; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597516; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597516; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e: male abdomen tip, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597516; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Cestrophorus amplitenuis Braun & Morris, 2022: 149.

    Holotype; male; 55bbbff4-ce9c-4143-9b6e-e2611638e56e; deposited at: Museo de La Plata (MLP); Ecuador: Carchi: Prov. Carchi, Maldonado-Tulcán road (E182) east of Maldonado

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 in reference to the ‘dying fall’ of each call’s amplitude: each song emission begins as intense sinusoids that then diminish (Fig. 14 B,C). Latin amplio (made large), tenuis (thin).

Stats

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