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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Acropsis Uvarov, 1939

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Nomenclature (14)

  • Acra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 31, 353. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Acra tectiformis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

  • Acra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (homonym of Acra Bleeker, 1863)
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  • Acropsis Uvarov, 1939 in Mendes & Rafael, 2020: 231.
  • Acropsis Uvarov, 1939 (classified as Microcentrina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Gorochov, 2026: 56.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
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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
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2014) Las tribus Microcentrini, stat. nov. y Amblycoryphini, stat. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettiginioidea: Phaneropterinae): cuarto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 55, 19–39.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01
  • Grant, H.J., Jr. (1958) Notes on the genus Acra Brunner (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Biota, 2(13-14), 51–54.
  • 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
  • Mendes, D.M.de M. & Rafael, J.A. (2020) Redescription of Acropsis Grant, 1958 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini) and description of new species from Brazilian and Colombian Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 4779(2), 230–244.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1939) Twenty-four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 457–459.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from replaced name Acra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878. From Greek ἄκρα = peak or summit, relating to the roof-shaped tegmina, and ὄψις = view or resemblance.

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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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Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species4015