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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Platydecticus rupicolus Rentz & Gurney, 1985
Historical: Platydecticus rupicolus; holotype of species Platydecticus rupicolus Rentz & Gurney, 1985; cited by Rentz, D.C.F. & Gurney. 1985. The shield-backed katydids of South America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae) and a new tribe of Conocephalinae with genera in Chile and Australia. Entomologica Scandinavica. 16(1):69-119
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: males 1
Depository: UMMZ, Ann Arbor
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
Southern South America, Chile Central, Santiago: Cuesta La Dormida, 40 km NW of Santiago; S 33.515744, W 70.812367; 1200 meters; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
February 02, 1963
Images      
male, lateral view (holotype)
male pronotum and tegmina (holotype)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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