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Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985

Elusive Shield-back
Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: male (paratype). (Otu).
Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: male (paratype). (Otu).
Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: male pronotum and wings (paratype). (Otu).
Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: male cerci (paratype). (Otu).
Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: female (paratype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985: 295.

    Holotype; male; 412c2bde-946e-4740-b5d7-27bc7838ab61; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC); Australia: Western Australia: 28 km SW of Mt. Ragged

  • Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985 in Ueshima & Rentz, 1990
  • Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985 in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 163.
  • Ixalodectes megacercus Rentz, 1985 in Rentz, 2010: 128.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1985) The Tettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 1, i-ix, 1–384.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Ueshima, N. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1990) Karyotypes and meiosis of the Australian Tettigoniidae. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 303–352.
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

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