genus

Arachnitus Hebard, 1932

Type

type species by original designation of

Arachnitus Hebard, 1932: 301.
type species by original designation Arachnitus filicrus Hebard, 1932
Arachnitus Hebard, 1932 in Otte, 1997: 139.

Arachnitus Hebard, 1932 in Fontana, Buzzetti, Mariño-Pérez & García García, 2011: 27.
Arachnitus Hebard, 1932 (classified as Dichopetalini Cadena-Castañeda, 2026) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2026: 33, 79.

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
Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Mariño-Pérez, R. & García García, P.L. (2011) Three new species of Tettigoniidae from Mexico (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae; Insarini and Odonturini). Zootaxa, 2879, 22–32.

Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Reference to the arachnid-like appearance to the long-legged species.