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Ruspolia ampla (Walker, 1869)

Robust Conehead Katydid
Ruspolia ampla (Walker, 1869): Pl. III, Fig. 66. head and pronotum, dorsal view (Conocephalus amplus, probably male, pronotum length 9 mm). (Otu).
Ruspolia ampla (Walker, 1869): Pl. III, Fig. 66. head and pronotum, dorsal view (Conocephalus amplus, probably male, pronotum length 9 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516879; 53d5e75a-1c73-47b6-8cbc-fa161bda0945: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516879; 53d5e75a-1c73-47b6-8cbc-fa161bda0945: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516879; 53d5e75a-1c73-47b6-8cbc-fa161bda0945: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516879; 53d5e75a-1c73-47b6-8cbc-fa161bda0945: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Conocephalus amplus Walker, 1869: 315.

    Holotype; male; 53d5e75a-1c73-47b6-8cbc-fa161bda0945; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Conocephalus amplus Walker, 1869 in Redtenbacher, 1891: 385, 425.
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  • Ruspolia ampla (Walker, 1869) in Bailey, 1975: 198.
  • Ruspolia ampla (Walker, 1869) in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 28.

References (9)

  • Bailey, W.J. (1975) A review of the African species of the genus Ruspolia Schulthess (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 37(1), 171–226.
  • 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.
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  • 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. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1955) Zur Systematik, Biologie, insbesondere Schwarmbildung, und Morphometrie afrikanischer Homorocoryphus (Orth. Tettigon. Conocephalidae). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen (A), 2, 277–318.
  • 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
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1869) 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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