Genus

Arboraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018

Type

type species by original designation of Arboraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018

Arboraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018: 262.
type species by original designation Arboraptor viridis Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018
Arboraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 in Tavares, Acosta & Timm, 2022: 570.

Odontophlugis (Arboraptor) Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 in Gorochov, 2026: 386.

Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 14: the tribe Phlugidini. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 330(3), 384–403. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2026.330.3.384
Mendes, D.M.de M., Oliveira, J.C., Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Rafael, J.A. (2018) Two new genera of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa, 4438(2), 261–282.

Tavares, G.C., Acosta, R.C. & Timm, V.F. (2022) A new species of Cephalophlugis Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) from southern Brazil, with bioacoustics and cytogenetics. Zootaxa, 5182(6), 567–581.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Latin arbor = tree, and raptor = thief, in reference to the arboreal and predatory habit of the species.