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)
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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
Tettigidea
Scudder, 1862
Tettigidea
Scudder, 1862: 476
(original description of the genus with two species:
T. lateralis
and
T. polymorpha
, no
type
species designated); 1897: 24 (
Tettigidea
assigned to Batrachideae, the genus noted to be present in North, Central, and South America). —
Rehn 1904: 669
(
T. lateralis
designated as the
type
species). —
Rehn & Grant 1958: 16
(the genus is widely distributed in North, Central, and South America). —
Yin
et al.
1996: 923
(catalogued). —
Otte 1997: 7
(catalogued). —
Silva
et al.
2021: 36
(overview of the genus with numerous nomenclatural acts, key to the species).
TYPE
SPECIES. —
Acrydium laterale
Say, 1824
, designated by
Rehn (1904)
.
COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — According to the currently accepted taxonomy (
Cigliano
et al.
2022
), 20 species, some with subspecies. Numerous
nomina dubia
. Distributed in North, Central, and South America.
REMARK
The genus includes numerous species with rich history and scant records. A proper and comprehensive revision of the genus based on a large sample is needed in order to ascertain the amount of morphological variability inherent to the genus.