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Torbia viridissima (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)

non-predaceous gum leaf katydid
CollectionObject 1502107; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502107; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502107; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384: female cerci (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502107; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502107; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Dictyota viridissima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 200.

    Syntype; female; 9580a7b3-c701-4c31-863c-71ebd115f384; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Australia: Queensland: Rockhampton. Syntype; male; 8a0eba0d-cf42-4573-a228-838e5b0e1f27; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland: Rockhampton. Syntype; female; 5404b9bf-5d72-4e7b-82a0-e1b0787976ce; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland: Rockhampton

  • Dictyota viridissima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Tepper, 1892: 97.
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  • Torbia viridissima (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 156.
  • Torbia viridissima (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Rentz, 2010: 181.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Bland, R.G. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1991) External morphology and abundance of mouthpart sensilla in Australian Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae and Tettigoniidae. Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 207(3), 315–325.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
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  • Ferreira, A. (1969) Chromosome survey of some Australian tettigoniids (Orthoptera-Tettigonioidea): Two species with neo-XY sex determining mechanism. Cytologia, 34, 511–522.
  • 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
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • 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
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1892) The Phaneropteridae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15, 77–113. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54689#page/85/mode/1up
  • 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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