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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Montezumina Hebard, 1925

Type

type species by original designation of Montezumina Hebard, 1925

Nomenclature (12)

  • Montezumina Hebard, 1925: 296.

    type species by original designation Turpilia oblongooculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

  • Montezumina Hebard, 1925 in Hebard, 1927: 95.
  • Montezumina Hebard, 1925 (classified as Pycnopalpina Cadena-Castañeda, 2014) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2015: 150.
  • Montezumina Hebard, 1925 (classified as Insarini Rehn & Hebard, 1914) in Fianco & Melo, 2026

References (12)

  • Hebard, M. (1925) Dermaptera and Orthoptera from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Part II Saltatorial Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51, 265–310. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4261_004#page/9/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Studies in the Tettigoniidae of Panama (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 53(2), 79–156. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4263_002#page/31/mode/1up
  • Spooner, J.D. (1968) Collection of male phaneropterinae katydids by imitating sounds of the female. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 3, 45–46. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s001ls68b.pdf
  • Spooner, J.D. (1968) Pair-forming acoustic systems of phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Animal Behaviour, 16, 197–212. Available at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/s001ls68a.pdf
  • Nickle, D.A. (1984) Revision of the bush katydid genus Montezumina (Orthoptera; Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(4), 553–622.
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.
  • Montealegre-Z., F., González, R. & Carrejo, N. (1993) Los Phanopterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) presentes en la Colección Entomológica de la Universidad del Valle. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle, 1(1), 41–51.
  • Spooner, J.D. (1995) Pair-forming phonotaxic strategies of phanerotpterine katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 4, 127–130. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s001ls95.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Nickle, D.A. (2001) Descriptions of the male of Montezumina inca (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) and another new species from Central America. Entomological News, 112(3), 159–166. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93089#page/175/mode/1up
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Adiciones a las tribus Pycnopalpini y Microcentrini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): sexto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotrópicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 149–160.
  • Fianco, M. & Melo, G.A.R. (2026) Evolution of the false‐leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Molecular phylogeny and divergence times. Systematic Entomology, 51(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70064

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Montezuma, also called Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Superspecies6006
Species3001646
Subspecies2024