species
Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979
Speedy Micro Katydid
Nomenclature (4)
- Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979: 1007.
Holotype; male; 54beedd3-e09c-42d3-acc8-80455d6ebdbd; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC); Australia: Western Australia: 28 km SW of Mt. Ragged
- Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 1996: 92 Pl.97.
- Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 2001: 468.
- Microtettigonia tachys Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 2010: 108.
Nomenclature references (4)
- 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. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
- 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 swift, elusive behaviour of the species (Greek τᾰχῠ́ς = swift, fast, rapid).
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |