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Aglaothorax khioneos Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

White Mountains Shieldback
Aglaothorax khioneos Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATYPE USA. CA: Inyo Co. 25.0ºC JAC05GV2-06. (Otu).
Aglaothorax khioneos Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATYPE USA. CA: Inyo Co. 25.0ºC JAC05GV2-06. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2597112; 555f9ee1-1ce3-42e8-9607-7e17d415fe62, CAS Entomology type 20384: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2597112; 555f9ee1-1ce3-42e8-9607-7e17d415fe62, CAS Entomology type 20384: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2597112; 555f9ee1-1ce3-42e8-9607-7e17d415fe62, CAS Entomology type 20384: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax khioneos Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 34.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20384; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Inyo: Cedar Flat Group Camps, Inyo National Forest, jct. SR168 and White Mountain Road

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Cole, J.A., Weissman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Ueshima, N. & Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2025) A revision of the shield-backed katydid genus Aglaothorax (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini). Zootaxa, 5667(1), 1–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5667.1.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek khioneos, snowy white. Descriptive of the White Mountains type locality.

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