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Aglaothorax sphenosternum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Wedge-breasted Shieldback
Aglaothorax sphenosternum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: Aglaothorax sphenosternum song oscilogram [sphenosternum_R88-145 S88-85#01_24C_10s]. (Otu).
Aglaothorax sphenosternum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: Aglaothorax sphenosternum song oscilogram [sphenosternum_R88-145 S88-85#01_24C_10s]. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2602179; CAS Entomology type 20376, 0ef0f362-d0b6-4e86-b9fa-c1b15fe11671: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602179; CAS Entomology type 20376, 0ef0f362-d0b6-4e86-b9fa-c1b15fe11671: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602179; CAS Entomology type 20376, 0ef0f362-d0b6-4e86-b9fa-c1b15fe11671: (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax sphenosternum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 67.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20376; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); Mexico: Baja California: 11 miles east of Ojos Negros on road to Laguna Hanson

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 spheno (σφήν) wedge and Latin sternum (Greek στέρνον) breast or breastbone. Descriptive of the conical prosternal spines that help diagnose this species.

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