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Planipollex chirurus (Strohecker, 1945)

Planipollex chirurus (Strohecker, 1945): Fig. 4 (after type). male right cercus, dorsal view (Dichopetala chirura). (Otu).
Planipollex chirurus (Strohecker, 1945): Fig. 4 (after type). male right cercus, dorsal view (Dichopetala chirura). (Otu).
Planipollex chirurus (Strohecker, 1945): Fig. 5 (after allotype). ovipositor (length 13.6 mm) (Dichopetala chirura). (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Dichopetala chirura Strohecker, 1945: 212. (valid)

    Holotype; male; e60d1c3d-ad38-4d52-8f39-0685f2a5a1c8; deposited at: Strohecker Collection (Strohecker); Mexico: San Luis Potosí: Valles

  • Dichopetala chirura Strohecker, 1945 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 134-135.
  • Dichopetala chirura Strohecker, 1945 (subjective synonym of Dichopetala pollicifera Rehn & Hebard, 1914) in Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 33.
  • Planipollex chirura (Strohecker, 1945) in Rocha-Sánchez, Zaldívar-Riverón, De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Correa-Sandoval, 2019: 1445.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) In Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México. 388 pp.
  • 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
  • Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Correa-Sandoval, A. (2019) Molecular systematics of the Dichopetala genus group (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae). Revista de Biología Tropical, 67(6), 1431–1448. Available at http://https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/36085
  • Strohecker, H.F. (1945) Notes on and descriptions of Mexican Orthoptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 38(2), 207–215.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek, χείρ, cheir, hand; Greek, οὐρά, ura, tail. No etymology was given in the original description. This epithet likely refers to the thumb-like appendage of the cercus giving the structure an overall hand-like appearance.

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