Genus Allotettix Hancock, 1899

Allotettix Hancock, 1899: 276 (original description of the genus); 1902: 126 (updated description of the genus); 1907a: 48 (reproduction of the updated generic description). — Kirby 1910: 28 (catalogued). — Günther 1939: 255 (a review of the genus). — Yin et al. 1996: 849 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 34 (catalogued). — Buzzetti & Devriese 2007: 46 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 474 (catalogued).

TYPE SPECIES. — Allotettix prolongatus Hancock, 1899, by original designation.

COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Eight species of which only one, A. otumboides Günther, 1939 is known to occur in Central America.