genus

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

Type

Phlugis arborea Nickle, 2003 type species by original designation of Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018

Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018: 273.
type species by original designation Phlugis arborea Nickle, 2003
Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 in Tavares, Acosta & Timm, 2022: 570.

Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 in Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2023: 532.

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.
Mendes, D.M.de M., Sobral, R. & da Silva-Neto, A.M. (2023) New species of Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) with asymmetrical jaws from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5318(4), 531–542. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.6

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 tyrannus = tyrant, and raptor = thief, in reference to the voracious predatory habit observed in T. arboreus.