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Rhacocleis crypta Willemse & Willemse, 2005

Gavrogo Bush-cricket
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576958; ce0981be-e0b2-4381-9588-3ed6e22cfd25, CH6175: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576959; 9bebe880-72ee-477f-a655-b26114c20063, CH6177: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576959; 9bebe880-72ee-477f-a655-b26114c20063, CH6177: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576959; 9bebe880-72ee-477f-a655-b26114c20063, CH6177: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576960; 70b997d1-dff8-44ca-958f-6aebfed6bbf6, CH6265: male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Rhacocleis crypta Willemse & Willemse, 2005: 166.

    Holotype; male; 9943f430-03d5-414e-becd-d7d281a41743; deposited at: Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NBC); Greece: Epirus and Western Macedonia: Arta, Mt. Gavrogo, Megalochari

  • Rhacocleis crypta Willemse & Willemse, 2005: 269.
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  • Rhacocleis crypta Willemse & Willemse, 2005 in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 244.
  • Rhacocleis crypta Willemse & Willemse, 2005 in Willemse, Odé & Stefanidis, 2025: 408, 410.

References (5)

  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2005) Rhacocleis Fieber 1853 and Pterolepis Rambur 1838, distinct species groups or not? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 261–269. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B261%3ARFAPRD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2005) Two new cryptic aberrant species of Rhacocleis Fieber 1853, living under stones in the mountains of Greece (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 161–172. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B161%3ATNCASO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2008) An annotated checklist of the Orthoptera-Saltatoria from Greece including an updated bibliography. Articulata Beiheft, 13.
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2018) The Grasshoppers of Greece. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 440 pp.
  • Willemse, L., Odé, B. & Stefanidis, A. (2025) Rhacocleis parnassica sp.nov. a new cryptic bush-cricket (katydid) species from Greece (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 5723(3), 401–412. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.3.5

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek κρῠπτός, concealed, hidden or secret.

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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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