Genus

Griffiniana Karny, 1910

Type

type species by original monotypy of Griffiniana Karny, 1910

Griffiniana Karny, 1910: 50.
type species by original monotypy Griffiniana pedestris Karny, 1910
Griffiniana Karny, 1910 in Caudell, 1916: 4, 27.

Griffiniana Karny, 1910 in Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2012: 48.
Ewanella Naskrecki, 1994 (subjective synonym of Griffiniana Karny, 1910) in Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2012: 48.

Karny, H.H. (1910) Orthoptera (s. str.). In Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. Vol. 4, pp. 35–90, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114237#page/51/mode/1up
Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Mecopodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 171, 1–32, pls 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/57/mode/1up

Gorochov, A.V. (2009) Katydids of the genus Ewanella and of the subgenus Megalotheca (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). African Invertebrates, 50(2), 435–446. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2009%20%28230-239%29/238%20Ewanella%20Megalotheca%202009.pdf
Naskrecki, P. & Bazelet, C.S. (2012) A revision of the southern African katydid genus Griffiniana Karny (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae). Zootaxa, 3218, 47–58.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to the Italian entomologist Achille Griffini (1870–1932).