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genus

Hamayulus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014

Type

Hamayulus rufomaculatus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014 type species by original designation of Hamayulus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014

Nomenclature (2)

  • Hamayulus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014 in Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo, Lopes-Andrade & Yotoko, 2014: 11.

    type species by original designation Hamayulus rufomaculatus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014

  • Hamayulus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014 in Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2025: 104.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Fialho, V.S., Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Lopes-Andrade, C. & Yotoko, K.S.C. (2014) Systematics of spiny predatory katydids (Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on morphology and molecular data. PLoS One, 9(8), 1–43. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0103758
  • Mendes, D.M.de M., Sobral, R. & da Silva-Neto, A.M. (2025) New species of Hamayulus Fialho, Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae: Hamayulini) from the Northeastern Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5691(1), 103–112. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.5

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

The genus name is derived from Hamãy, considered a mother of the forest and protector spirit of the animals by Pataxós Indians. The Pataxós live mostly in Porto Seguro, type locality of Hamayulus rufomaculatus.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species2002