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.