genus

Arachnoscelis Karny, 1911

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (14)

Arachnoscelis Karny, 1911: 346.
type species by original designation Listroscelis arachnoides Redtenbacher, 1891
Arachnoscelis Karny, 1911 in Karny, 1912: 3.
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Arachnoscelis Karny, 1911 in Sarria-S., Morris, Windmill, Jackson & Montealegre-Z., 2014
Arachnoscelis Karny, 1911 in Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo, Lopes-Andrade & Yotoko, 2014: 2, 39.

Nomenclature references (14)

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
Fialho, V.S., Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Lopes-Andrade, C. & Yotoko, K.S.C. (2014) Systematics of spiny predatory katydids (Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on morphology and molecular data. PLoS One, 9(8), 1–43. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0103758
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Gorochov, A.V. (1995) On the systematic position of the genera Arachnoscelis, Poecilomerus, and Parateuthras (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 3(2), 202. [1994]

Gorochov, A.V. (2007) Notes on taxonomy of the subfamily Hexacentrinae with descriptions of some taxa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 16(2), 209–214. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2007%20%28206-216%29%20semibad/216%20Hexacentrinae%202007.pdf

Gorochov, A.V. (2012) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 316(4), 285–306. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_316_4/TZ_316_4_Gorochov.pdf

Gorochov, A.V. (2013) A new subtribe of the tribe Phisidini from America and remarks on the genus Arachnoscelis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 22(1), 59–62. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2013/zr_2013_22_1_Gorochov_3.pdf

Karny, H.H. (1911) Descriptions Conocephalidarum novarum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 61, 334–347. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47782#page/526/mode/1up

Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae subfam. Listroscelinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 131, 1–19 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63155#page/425/mode/1up

Montealegre-Z., F., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Chivers, B. (2013) The spider-like katydid Arachnoscelis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae): anatomical study of the genus. Zootaxa, 3666(4), 591–600.

Mugleston, J.D., Song, H. & Whiting, M.F. (2013) A century of paraphyly: a molecular phylogeny of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) supports multiple origins of leaf-like wings. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69(3), 1120–1134. Available at http://schistocerca.org/PDF/Mugleston%20et%20al.%202013%20(MPE).pdf

Nickle, D.A. (2002) New species of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the neotropical genera Arachnoscelis (Listroscelidinae) and Phlugiola (Meconematinae), with taxonomic notes. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 125–133. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282002%29011%5B0125%3ANSOKOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.

Randell, R.L. (1964) Notes on the genus Arachnoscelis Karny (Orthoptera: Conocephalidae) and a new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 96, 1608–1610.
Sarria-S., F.A., Morris, G.K., Windmill, J.F.C., Jackson, J. & Montealegre-Z., F. (2014) Shrinking wings for ultrasonic pitch production: hyperintense ultra-short-wavelength calls in a new genus of neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). PLoS One, 9(6), 1–14. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098708

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek αράχνη, spider, and σκέλος, leg, relating to the long legs.

Stats

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
genus	1	0	0	1
subgenus	3	0	0	3
species	6	0	7	13