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Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970

Slender Leaf Katydid
Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970: male, Tanzania. (Otu).
Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970: male, Tanzania. (Otu).
Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970: male, Udzungwa, Tanzania. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1520827; 55bd3df0-da3d-41f2-a605-a1b2e3e5432e: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520827; 55bd3df0-da3d-41f2-a605-a1b2e3e5432e: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520827; 55bd3df0-da3d-41f2-a605-a1b2e3e5432e: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520827; 55bd3df0-da3d-41f2-a605-a1b2e3e5432e: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520827; 55bd3df0-da3d-41f2-a605-a1b2e3e5432e: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1526964; 9c0914d1-eae9-4a9b-a710-43e79edef078: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1526964; 9c0914d1-eae9-4a9b-a710-43e79edef078: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1526964; 9c0914d1-eae9-4a9b-a710-43e79edef078: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970: 167.

    Holotype; female; 9c0914d1-eae9-4a9b-a710-43e79edef078; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); Zimbabwe: Masvingo: Lundi

  • Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970 in Paul, 1995: 279.
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  • Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970 in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 76.
  • Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970 in Hemp, 2021: 267.

References (9)

  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa, 3737(4), 301–350.
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  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Voje, K.L., Heller, K.-G. & Hemp, A. (2009) Biogeography, phylogeny and acoustics of the flightless bush-crickets of the East African genus Monticolaria Sjöstedt, 1909, with the description of a new species (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156, 494–506.
  • Huxley, J. (1970) A revision of the genus Catoptropteryx Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24(5), 129–170. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis24entolond
  • Mungai, M.N., Lange, C.N., Muriuki, J.M., Ingrisch, S., Oyieke, H., Muchai, M. & Lampe, K.-H. (2013) Type specimens of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea and Dermaptera in the collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplementum(60), 93–97. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-228364
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Paul, J. (1995) One and a half years of Kenyan Orthoptera. 1. Introduction and Tettigoniidae. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 107(11-12), 277–281. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30000331#page/315/mode/1up

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