Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue Author Kasalo, Niko Matice hrvatske 11, 80101 Livno (Bosnia and Herzegovina) niko. kasalo 5 @ gmail. com (corresponding author) Author Naskrecki, Piotr Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States) Author Rebrina, Fran University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) Author Skejo, Josip University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) and Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels - Standort Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D- 20146 Hamburg (Germany) text Zoosystema 2023 2023-04-14 45 7 177 212 journal article 250949 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7 39094066-c479-4276-878d-14eaf46194b1 1638-9387 7841687 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B5C8644-7CE5-439E-8D15-79A923B1B75A Genus Paratettix Bolívar, 1887 Paratettix Bolivar, 1887: 195 (original description of the genus). — Hancock 1902: 108 (reproduction of the original description translated into English). — Rehn 1904: 658 (designated the type species). TYPE SPECIES. — Acrydium meridionalis ( Rambur, 1838 ) , designated by Rehn (1904) . COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Distributed on all continents except Antarctica , currently numbering 62 species of which only three occur in Central America: P. mexicanus ( Saussure, 1861 ) , P. toltecus ( Saussure, 1861 ) , and P. freygessnerii Bolívar, 1887 . REMARK The body of literature concerning this genus and its species is enormous. The data examined and presented concerns only Central America and the identity of the species.