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genus

Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890

Type

Tetraconcha fenestrata Karsch, 1890 type species by original monotypy of Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890

Nomenclature (13)

  • Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890: 61.

    type species by original monotypy Tetraconcha fenestrata Karsch, 1890

  • Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 16, 115.
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  • Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2023: 56.
  • Tetraconcha Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2025: 47, 58.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Bolívar, I. (1893) Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Orthoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 62, 169–185, pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34137#page/175/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1906) El género "Tetraconcha" Karsch. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 6, 231–235.
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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1909) Note sopra alcune Phasgonouridae del Congo. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 53, 9–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46155
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Orthopterologische Mitteilungen 4. Ueber Phaneropteriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16, 57–62. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/71/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Massa, B. (2017) Revision of the tropical African genus Tetraconcha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with the description of ten new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 26(2), 211–232. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/21469/
  • Massa, B. (2023) Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae. Zootaxa, 5331(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5331.1.1
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name derives from the conchate tympana (from Greek tetra = four).

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genus1012
superspecies1001
species240327