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Acanthorintes thenarocercus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014

Acanthorintes thenarocercus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: male. (Otu).
Acanthorintes thenarocercus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: male. (Otu).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Acanthorintes thenarocercus Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 47.

    Holotype; male; fe83be58-24ec-429f-ba96-88b89e61848d; deposited at: University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Mexico: Hidalgo: 21 road miles NW Ixmiquilpan (7 rd. mi. N Tula R.)

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, θέναρ, thenar, palm of the hand, Greek, κέρκος, cercos, tail (of an animal). The epithet references the conspicuous, flattened shape of the main shaft of the male cercus, particularly in view of the hand metaphor used to denote its various sections.

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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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