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Aglaothorax poecilonotum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025

Santa Ynez Shieldback
Aglaothorax poecilonotum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATOPOTYPE USA. CA: Santa Barbara Co. 24.5ºC JCR08UO01. (Otu).
Aglaothorax poecilonotum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025: calling song PARATOPOTYPE USA. CA: Santa Barbara Co. 24.5ºC JCR08UO01. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2603978; CAS Entomology type 20379, 0bd11015-72b2-4d68-b648-32e1bbfbb060: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2603978; CAS Entomology type 20379, 0bd11015-72b2-4d68-b648-32e1bbfbb060: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2603978; CAS Entomology type 20379, 0bd11015-72b2-4d68-b648-32e1bbfbb060: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Aglaothorax poecilonotum Cole, Weissman & Lightfoot, 2025 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 83.

    Holotype; male; CAS Entomology type 20379; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Santa Barbara: Upper Oso Campground, Los Padres National Forest

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:

From poecilo (Greek ποικίλος), variegated or many-colored and notum, back. Descriptive of the variable color patterns exhibited among individuals, of which one of the color patterns is also variegated.

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