Pterodichopetala strepsidactyla Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: male, lateral view (holotype or collected together with holotype). (Otu).
Pterodichopetala strepsidactyla Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: male, lateral view (holotype or collected together with holotype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Pterodichopetala strepsidactyla Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 52.

    Holotype; male; d64a1610-57dd-472a-90c7-77b4b6dfc3d0; deposited at: University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Mexico: San Luis Potosí: 21.3 miles E San Luis Potosi on Rio Verde Rd. – Highway 86

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Cohn, T.J., Swanson, D.R. & Fontana, P. (2014) Dichopetala and new related North American genera: a study in genitalic similarity in sympatry and genitalic differences in allopatry (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Odonturini). In Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Vol. 203, 1–180 pp. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/122723

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek, οσρεπτός, adj. of στρέψις, streptos, strepsis, twisted; Greek, δάκτυλος, dactylos, finger. This epithet references the condition of the apical appendages of the male cercus, particularly when compared to other species of Pterodichopetala.

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