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Microcentrum (Securicercus) securiferum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male, fronto-lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: male abdomen tip, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532252; NMW No. 10307, 488dde2a-d894-4032-bf4f-cf4490096467: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Microcentrum securiferum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 337.

    Holotype; male; NMW No. 10307; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Panama

  • Microcentrum securiferum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 179.
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  • Microcentrum securiferum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Nickle, 1992: 145.
  • Microcentrum (Securicercus) securiferum Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Gorochov, 2026: 31.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
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  • de Saussure, H. & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Axe-carrying, alluding to shape of male cerci.

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