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Aglaothorax acrolophitus Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Mountaineer Shieldback
CollectionObject 2709424; 5145949c-cc59-40c1-b7be-5923b6243df3: calling song PARATYPE USA. CA: Kern Co. 21.0ºC R83-292. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2709424; 5145949c-cc59-40c1-b7be-5923b6243df3: calling song PARATYPE USA. CA: Kern Co. 21.0ºC R83-292. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax acrolophitus Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 78.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20378; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Kern: Tehachapi, Water Canyon Road, 0.15 miles south of intersection with Highland

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 acrolophites, mountaineer. Inspired by the wide distribution across the Transverse Ranges of California.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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