Type

Mactruchus ischnodus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014 type species by original designation of Mactruchus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014

Nomenclature (2)

  • Mactruchus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 41.

    type species by original designation Mactruchus ischnodus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014

  • Mactruchus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014 in Rocha-Sánchez, Zaldívar-Riverón, De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Correa-Sandoval, 2019: 1437, 1444.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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
Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Masculine
Etymology:

Greek, μάκτρα, mactra, kneading trough; Greek, -οῦχος, -uchus, suffix meaning bearer. The name references the trough-shaped subgenital plate of the male, a feature that readily separated this genus from all other dichopetaline genera.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species853