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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) iris (Serville, 1838)

Yellowtail Meadow Katydid
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: male, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: male, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: male, dorsal view (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: male cerci (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504879; 047bd217-307f-4fea-aad6-99666423a564: labels (holotype of Conocephalus inaequalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516786; 14efd049-f064-4316-bcfb-1d4f7f54bddb: male, lateral view (holotype of Palotta inornata). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (44)

  • Xiphidion iris Serville, 1838: 506.

    Syntype; d16fa42a-ffa3-460d-917f-dd1a65b66be9; Madagascar

  • Xiphidium [sic] iris Serville, 1838 in Stål, 1861: 323.
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  • Conocephalus (Anisoptera) iris (Serville, 1838) in Massa, Annoyer, Perez, Danflous & Duvot, 2020: 405.
  • Conocephalus (Anisoptera) iris (Serville, 1838) in Hemp, 2021: 74.

Nomenclature references (28)

  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
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  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • de Saussure, H. (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Die Gliedertier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 452 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40556#page/13/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale di Bruxelles. Meconemidae et Conocephalidae. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 65–73. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/79/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1909) Note sopra alcune Phasgonouridae del Congo. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 53, 9–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46155
  • Heller, K.-G. (2019) Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa. Zootaxa, 4563(1), 41–66. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.2
  • Heller, K.-G., Hemp, C., Liu, C. & Volleth, M. (2014) Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 3785(3), 343–376.
  • 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. (2021) In A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg. 451 pp.
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Massa, B., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Pitkin, L.M. (1977) A taxonomic study of the genus Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with the description of a new species. Journal of Natural History, 11(6), 645–659.
  • Popov, G.B. (1981) Orthoptera: Family Tettigoniidae (Bush Crickets). In Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basel. Vol. 3, pp. 114–148.
  • Ragge, D.R. & Roy, R. (1961) Le Parc National du Niokolo-koba VII. Orthoptera Tettigonioidea. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 62, 105–107.
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae V. A synopsis of the genus Conocephalus found in North America, north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 41, 155–224. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4251_002#page/82/mode/1up
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 6. Locustodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 125–148. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/241/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1874) In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich

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Etymology:

Alluding to iridescent reflexes of the wings.

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