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Aglaothorax dactylus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981)

Clawed Shieldback
Aglaothorax malibu (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax malibu (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax malibu (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax malibu (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male cerci (paratype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527076; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male head andpronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527077; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva dactyla Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 94.

    Holotype; female; 83d409bd-124d-43b1-97b0-bc08a18d87e2; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Los Angeles: Santa Monica Mnts, Hwy 23S and Mulholland Hwy

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva malibu Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 95.

    Holotype; male; ac111e29-af14-4a85-9f0a-2a0e0552a687; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: Malibu, Big Rock Caynon Road, 0.4 km above Pacific Coast Hwy

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  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva malibu Rentz & Weissman, 1981 (subjective synonym of Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva dactyla Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 76.
  • Aglaothorax dactyla (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 76.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Cole, J.A., Weissman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Ueshima, N. & Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2025) A revision of the shield-backed katydid genus Aglaothorax (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini). Zootaxa, 5667(1), 1–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5667.1.1
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Weissman, D.B. (1981) Faunal affinities, systematics, and bionomics of the Orthoptera of the California Channel Islands. University of California Publications in Entomology, 94, vii-xiii, 1–240. Available at https://orthsoc.org/sina/i00lrw81.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name refers to the distinctive finger-like projections of the female's subgenital plate.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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species1045