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species Thoracistus viridifer (Walker, 1869)

• Common name(s):  Two-colored Seedpod Shieldback
• Images:

  specimen

• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Montane grassland, woodland and forest, as well as coastal forest mosaics. Particularly low understory vegetation in coastal forests and shady, humid vegetation along rock cliffs.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:248   >> Thyreonotus viridifer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4016
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:182   >> Thorancistus viridifer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:502418
  • Uvarov. 1924. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 71(3-4):508 >> Thoracistus viridifer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4015
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1988. Invertebr. Taxon. 2(2):270 >> Thoracistus viridifer
  • Naskrecki. 2011. Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine 117 >> Thoracistus viridifer
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Port Natal
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

• synonym intricatus (Péringuey, 1916)
• synonym plebeia (Péringuey, 1916)

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