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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Aglaothorax bufonoides Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Toad Shieldback
Aglaothorax bufonoides Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATOPOTYPE México. Baja California. 23.5ºC S89-21, R89-25. (Otu).
Aglaothorax bufonoides Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATOPOTYPE México. Baja California. 23.5ºC S89-21, R89-25. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2602151; 5a7c0088-82c0-4bb3-872b-6f2ad8854e7a, CAS Entomology type 20375: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602151; 5a7c0088-82c0-4bb3-872b-6f2ad8854e7a, CAS Entomology type 20375: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602151; 5a7c0088-82c0-4bb3-872b-6f2ad8854e7a, CAS Entomology type 20375: excised tegmen in gelcap and labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax bufonoides Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 62. Diagnosis

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20375; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); Mexico: Baja California: La Bufadora

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:

Descriptive of the toad-like gestalt of the genus.

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