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Platycercotura caricauda Tan, Muhammad & Gorochov, 2024

Nomenclature (1)

  • Platycercotura caricauda Tan, Muhammad & Gorochov, 2024 in Tan, Muhammad, Gorochov & Abdullah, 2024: 135.

    Holotype; male; 6163259f-e86f-4304-9aee-56ab3f65a206; deposited at: Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore (ZRC); Malaysia: Johor: Panti Forest Reserve, Bunker Trail

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Tan, M.K., Muhammad, A.A., Gorochov, A.V. & Abdullah, N.A. (2024) An account on some katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Panti Forest Reserve in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 5415(1), 117–143. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.1.5

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name refers to the unpaired posterior process of the tenth abdominal tergite resembling the tail of a shrimp; “cari-” from Caridea, commonly known as true shrimp; “-cauda” refers to tail in Latin.

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