Floritettix calusa
Otte, 2014
Floritettix calusa is a of in the Acrididae, Melanoplinae. It was described by Otte in 2014 and is native to Florida. The specific epithet 'calusa' refers to the Calusa people, an group of southwest Florida. The species has been documented in bycatch from mosquito surveillance programs in the Florida Keys, contributing to knowledge of its distribution.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Floritettix calusa: //ˌflɔːrɪˈtɛtɪks kəˈluːsə//
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Distribution
Florida, United States. Documented from the Florida Keys based on bycatch records from mosquito surveillance programs.
Human Relevance
Documented through examination of bycatch from mosquito surveillance activities, illustrating the value of non-target organism collection for expanding knowledge of understudied insect .
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Etymology
The specific epithet 'calusa' honors the Calusa, an people who inhabited southwest Florida for thousands of years before European contact.
Discovery Context
The was described in 2014 by Daniel Otte. Its presence in the Florida Keys was later confirmed through bycatch examination by Lawrence Hribar at the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, representing one of 98 Diptera species with new distribution records from this long-term surveillance program—though F. calusa itself is Orthoptera, not Diptera, highlighting the broad taxonomic scope of bycatch value.