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Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896

Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896: female, lateral view (Cameroon, Efulen). (Otu).
Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896: female, lateral view (Cameroon, Efulen). (Otu).
Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896: female ovipositor (Cameroon, Efulen). (Otu).
Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896: Fig. 40. male, dorsal view (from Karsch 1896, tegmina 34.5 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male, base of left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male, base of right tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500608; 195d9e36-1b3d-4545-bb1f-167f8f4800d0, DORSA BTtroamyHTM: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896: 341.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BTtroamyHTM; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Victoria [Limbe]

  • Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1906: 439.
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  • Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896 in Ragge, 1980: 171.
  • Tropidophrys amydra Karsch, 1896 in Massa, 2025: 46.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte II. Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmodea, Locustodea, Gryllodea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(563), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/125/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
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  • 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
  • Leroy, Y. (1970) Diversités d'aspects et évolution de la dissymétrie des râpes de stridulation des insectes orthoptères Phaneropterinae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences, 270, 96–99.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Ragge, D.R. (1980) A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 40(2), 67–192. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis40entolond

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek αμυδρός dim, vague or indistinct.

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