Valalyllum, Deranja & Kasalo & Adžić & Franjević & Skejo, 2022

Deranja, Maks, Kasalo, Niko, Adzic, Karmela, Franjevic, Damjan & Skejo, Josip, 2022, Lepocranus and Valalyllum gen. nov. (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae, Cladonotinae), endangered Malagasy dead-leaf-like grasshoppers, ZooKeys 1109, pp. 1-15 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1109.85565

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC606834-C259-4254-B8CA-9C5A6007246B

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/40A42840-9E96-4ED6-8D4A-2872D80E2E70

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:40A42840-9E96-4ED6-8D4A-2872D80E2E70

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scientific name

Valalyllum
status

gen. nov.

Genus Valalyllum gen. nov.

Type species.

Valalyllum folium gen. et sp. nov., here described, by original monotypy.

Composition and distribution.

A single species only ( V. folium ), endemic to Madagascar (Belanono).

Etymology.

Noun of neuter gender. From Malagasy " valala " or " vahalala "- grasshopper and Latinized Ancient Greek " phyllum " - leaf

Diagnosis and description.

Same as for the species, see below.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SubOrder

Caelifera

InfraOrder

Acrididea

SuperFamily

Tetrigoidea

Family

Tetrigidae

SubFamily

Cladonotinae

Tribe

Valalyllini