Genus Teredorus Hancock, 1907

Teredorus Hancock, 1907a: 52 (original description of the genus with a single species, T. stenofrons); 1915: 109 (description of several Asian species). — Bruner 1910: 118 (catalogued). — Otte 1978: 123 (catalogued). — Devriese & Husemann 2023: 337 (notes on the genus, Paratettix aztecus transferred to Teredorus).

TYPE SPECIES. — Teredorus stenofrons Hancock, 1907, by original monotypy.

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Only two species, T. aztecus and T. stenofrons in the Americas. See notes.

REMARK

The literature covered under the genus section pertains only to the Americas. It is clear that the Asian species do not belong to this genus. This issue is well-known (Storozhenko & Dawwrueng 2015; Devriese & Husemann 2023) and is not furher discussed in this paper.