Orthoptera Species File
genus

Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

Type

Barbitistes jonicus Fieber, 1853 type species of Poecilimon Fischer, 1853

Nomenclature (83)

  • Poecilimon Fischer, 1853: 227.

    type species Barbitistes jonicus Fieber, 1853

  • Poecilimon Fischer, 1853 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 37.
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  • Poecilimon (Hamatopoecilimon) Heller, 2011 in Borissov, Heller, Çıplak & Chobanov, 2023: 203, 205, 207.
  • Poecilimon (Hamatopoecilimon) Heller, 2011 (subjective synonym of Poecilimon Fischer, 1853) in Ünal, 2025: 16.

Nomenclature references (61)

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Descendants and synonyms

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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
genus101011
superspecies1801735
species1590158317
subspecies3805997