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Xenicola taroba Fianco, Faria & Braun, 2019

CollectionObject 1586815; f74f8912-622b-494e-968c-3b60bf4a1081: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586815; f74f8912-622b-494e-968c-3b60bf4a1081: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Xenicola taroba Fianco, Faria & Braun, 2019 in Fianco, Preis, Szinwelski, Braun & Faria, 2019: 251.

    Holotype; male; f74f8912-622b-494e-968c-3b60bf4a1081; deposited at: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Coleção de Entomologia Padre Jesus Santiago Moure (DZUP); Brazil: Paraná: Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Trilha do Poço Preto

  • Xenicola taroba Fianco, Faria & Braun, 2019 in Fianco, Engelking & Faria, 2020: 590.
  • Angara taroba (Fianco, Faria & Braun, 2019) in Fianco & Melo, 2025
  • Xenicola taroba Fianco, Faria & Braun, 2019 in Cadena-Castañeda, 2026: 64.

References (6)

  • Fianco, M., Preis, H., Szinwelski, N., Braun, H. & Faria, L.R.R. (2019) On brachypterous phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil: three new species, new record and bioacoustics. Zootaxa, 4652(2), 240–264.
  • Fianco, M., Engelking, P.W. & Faria, L.R.R. (2020) Xenicola brauni sp. n., a new katydid species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 4778(3), 584–592. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.9
  • Braun, H. (2021) An interesting new record of the almost unknown brachypterous phaneropterine katydid Xenicola dohrni (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Argentina, and its high-ultrasound male-female communication. Zootaxa, 4948(2), 287–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.8
  • Fianco, M., Szinwelski, N. & Faria, L.R.R. (2022) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa, 5136(1), 1–72.
  • Fianco, M. & Melo, G.A.R. (2025) Molecular systematics and species revision of a Neotropical genus of flightless phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf041
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2026) Studies on Phaneropterinae: The short-winged bush katydids, Odonturini sensu lato, Barbististini and their allies (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Twelfth contribution to the suprageneric organization of phaneropterines. Zootaxa, 5762(1), 1–82. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5762.1.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

In the legend of how the Iguazu Falls were created, Tarobá, a young warrior, and his beloved Naipí were punished by M’Boi, the serpent god, son of Tupã. In his anger against Tarobá and Naipí, who were trying to escape on a canoe, M’Boi dug the riverbed, forming these astonishing falls. The specific epithet honors Tarobá, this curious legend and all the native people of the trinational region between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1012