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Aglaothorax kelainops Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Ojos Negros Shieldback
CollectionObject 2602171; 44e469c9-522d-4449-9126-52defe2c7484, CAS Entomology type 20377: excised tegmen in gelcap and labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602171; 44e469c9-522d-4449-9126-52defe2c7484, CAS Entomology type 20377: excised tegmen in gelcap and labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602171; 44e469c9-522d-4449-9126-52defe2c7484, CAS Entomology type 20377: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602171; 44e469c9-522d-4449-9126-52defe2c7484, CAS Entomology type 20377: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602171; 44e469c9-522d-4449-9126-52defe2c7484, CAS Entomology type 20377: calling song HOLOTYPE México. Baja California. 25.0ºC R88-135. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax kelainops Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 64.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20377; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); Mexico: Baja California: 41.3 km south of Ensenada on Highway 1, at km sign post 41.3

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 κελαινός black or murky and ὄψ eye. Named after the type locality near Ojos Negros in Baja California, México.

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