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Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955

Spotted Leaf Katydid
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male head and pronotum, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567556; b55a4a95-43d7-4b84-9f58-09520282302b: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955: 269.

    Holotype; male; 7cd18044-fbc7-42c6-b143-8d806c6d4f21; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); Lesotho: Mokhotlong: Drakensberg, 8 mi ENE of Rhodes

  • Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955 in Ragge, 1956: 238.
  • Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955 in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 60.
  • Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955 in Massa, 2026: 8.

References (5)

  • 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.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1956) A revision of the genera Phaneroptera Serville and Nephoptera Uvarov (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with conclusions of zoogeographical and evolutionary interest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 127(2), 205–283.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Massa, B. (2026) New records of Orthoptera from Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Pamphagidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 41(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.21426/b6.60868

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