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Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891

Elegant Sylvan Katydid
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: male, lateral view (Kilimanjaro, Kidia 1400 m). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: male, lateral view (Kilimanjaro, Kidia 1400 m). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: female, dorsal view (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1430 m). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: female, lateral view (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, 1430 m, plantation). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: dorsal view (Kilimanjaro, Mahoma, 1300 m). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: lateral view (Kilimanjaro, Mahoma, 1300 m). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Fig. 99. female (tegmen length 33-39.5 mm). (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 9. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 9 a. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 9 c. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 9 d. male abdomen tip, ventral view. (Otu).
Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 9 b. male abdomen tip. dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: male abdomen tip (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500341; DORSA BTacaexiHTM, eb3ce921-943a-48a5-9965-9c46cb698ad5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891: 95.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BTacaexiHTM; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Kenya: Kilimandjaro, Ukami Mountains, Kitui District

  • Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 81.
  • Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891 in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 54.
  • Acauloplax exigua Karsch, 1891 in Hemp, 2021: 385.

References (13)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Orthopterologische Beiträge IV. Beiträge zur Systematik der Pseudophylliden Afrika's. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 71–114, pls. 2–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1895) Monographie der Pseudophylliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45, 1–282. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0007_0001-0282.pdf
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Beier, M. (1954) Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. Van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946-1949), fasc. 20.
  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) E. African Blattodea, Phasmatodea and Orthoptera. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52, Gruppe Lindner, Stuttgart, Nr. 5. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 5, 472–485. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/267
  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

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