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Aglaothorax oreibates Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Ventura Shieldback
CollectionObject 2602539; CAS Entomology type 20380, 0572e3d4-0ac1-4a5f-a5de-9659be900a4f: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602539; CAS Entomology type 20380, 0572e3d4-0ac1-4a5f-a5de-9659be900a4f: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602539; CAS Entomology type 20380, 0572e3d4-0ac1-4a5f-a5de-9659be900a4f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2602539; CAS Entomology type 20380, 0572e3d4-0ac1-4a5f-a5de-9659be900a4f: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax oreibates Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 81.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20380; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Ventura: Highway 33

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 όρος, mountain and -βᾰ́της, one who walks.

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