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Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

fork-tailed bush katydid
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: male (Storrs, CT, USA). (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: male (Storrs, CT, USA). (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: male pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (Storrs, CT, USA). (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: male subgenital plate and cerci. (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Fig. 156a (after Lugger). male habitus, middle leg missing (tegmina 26-32 mm, hind femora 19-20 mm). (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Fig. 156b (after Lugger). female habitus, hind leg missing (tegmina 26-32 mm). (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Pl. IV, Fig. 105. head, fronal view. (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: male subgenital plate and cerci. (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Pl. IX, Fig. 1 (specimen from California). male, last abdominal tergite, dorsal view. (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Pl. IX, Fig. 2 (specimen from New York). male, last abdominal tergite, dorsal view. (Otu).
Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: Pl. X, Fig. 19 (specimen from Rhode Island). ovipositor. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, labels (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, body lateral view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, face frontal view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, head and pronotum lateral view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, apex of the abdomen ventro-lateral view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, apex of the abdomen ventro-lateral view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542826; DEES MZLQ-I0142, c2ebe2d8-bbda-46eb-bdb9-d516d7baa2ad: male, body dorsal view (holotype of Scudderia williamsi). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (38)

  • Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 238, 239.

    Syntype; 29bafdee-6f88-4629-bb99-1de6005a3472; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); United States: Maine: Maine and Texas

  • Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Beutenmüller, 1894: 275, 289.
  • Scudderia williamsi Piza, 1974 (subjective synonym of Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2015: 100.
  • Scudderia williansi [sic] Piza, 1974 (misspelling of Scudderia williamsi Piza, 1974)

References (37)

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Referring to the forked male subgenital plate.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Subspecies1045