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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979

micro katydids

Type

Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979 type species by original designation of Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979

Nomenclature (5)

  • Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979: 1003.

    type species by original designation Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979

  • Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979 in Gorochov, 1995: 50, 143.
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  • Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 2001: 463, 467.
  • Microtettigonia Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 2010: 107.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
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  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Comments on the classification of the orthopteran family Tettigoniidae, with a key to subfamilies and description of two new subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology, 27, 991–1013.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2001) The Listroscelidinae, Tympanophorinae, Meconematinae and Microtettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 3, 1–524 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=rz6bHWhrbhMC
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) In A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named with reference to the minute size of the adults.

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
genus1001
species7007