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Species

Theudoria melanocnemis (Stål, 1861)

CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: labels (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: labels (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: female, lateral view (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: female, lateral view (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: female, dorsal view (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475916; NMW 14986, f7a6eafb-9a2b-49e2-a6d4-53969babec58: female, frontal view (holotype of Theudoria nigrolineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529784; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, labels (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, body lateral view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, body dorsal view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, body dorsal view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, apex of the abdomen ventro-lateral view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, face fronto-lateral view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542799; 02d5fd6d-6d5e-4e65-969d-db528b75f575: female, pronotum lateral view (holotype of Herbardius rubrovittatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male, latero-caudal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male subgenital plate, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: male subgenital plate, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566593; NMW 5341, c17a3797-a41c-45be-ba92-fdb0cce8f145: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566594; NMW 8025, d4122cdb-8f54-45ab-bb7d-3b56e54e0f1a: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566594; NMW 8025, d4122cdb-8f54-45ab-bb7d-3b56e54e0f1a: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566594; NMW 8025, d4122cdb-8f54-45ab-bb7d-3b56e54e0f1a: female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566594; NMW 8025, d4122cdb-8f54-45ab-bb7d-3b56e54e0f1a: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566594; NMW 8025, d4122cdb-8f54-45ab-bb7d-3b56e54e0f1a: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566595; NMW 8357, 4cc439f5-f56c-45f9-9d8d-7aa921afc3b0: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566595; NMW 8357, 4cc439f5-f56c-45f9-9d8d-7aa921afc3b0: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566595; NMW 8357, 4cc439f5-f56c-45f9-9d8d-7aa921afc3b0: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1566595; NMW 8357, 4cc439f5-f56c-45f9-9d8d-7aa921afc3b0: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male on tree leaves. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male stridulatory area. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male meso- and metabasisternum. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male terminalia, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593124; 22755969-cfef-4a9f-814a-69618a9d7863: male terminalia, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 3567; a2638e3f-171c-4517-b748-2b4549f88955: male in herbaceous vegetation at forest edge (March 2016). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3567; a2638e3f-171c-4517-b748-2b4549f88955: male (March 2016). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3567; a2638e3f-171c-4517-b748-2b4549f88955: male (March 2016). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3567; a2638e3f-171c-4517-b748-2b4549f88955: male (March 2016). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3568; 60864ef6-6f33-481b-a0df-b1deff7b0254; Argentina: Buenos Aires Arroyo Zapata, 2018/03/03: male, calling in the morning in low vegetation near narrow canal (March 2018). (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Phaneroptera melanocnemis Stål, 1861: 321.

    Holotype; male; 023177d5-847d-4548-a886-37a382c03b00; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Buenos Aires

  • Theudoria melanocnemis (Stål, 1861) in Stål, 1874: 30.
  • Theudoria melanocnemis (Stål, 1861) in Braun, 2023: 138, 140, 148.
  • Theudoria nigrolineata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 (subjective synonym of Phaneroptera melanocnemis Stål, 1861) in Braun, 2026: 447.

References (21)

  • Braun, H. (2023) Tettigoniidae. In L.E. Claps, S.A. Roig-Juñent, & J.J. Morrone (Eds.). Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Volumen 6. Editorial INSUE UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. pp. 128–149.
  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • 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
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Las tribus Scudderiini n. stat., Ectemnini n. trib. y Percynini n. trib. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Quinto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 56, 97–126.
  • Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Braun, H. (2010) The Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) described by Salvador de Toledo Piza Jr. and deposited in the collection of the University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Brazil. Zootaxa, 2635, 41–66.
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  • Fianco, M., Szinwelski, N. & Faria, L.R.R. (2022) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa, 5136(1), 1–72.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2018) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 8. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 322(4), 398–456. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_322_4/TZ_322_4_Gorochov.pdf
  • 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
  • Pirán, A.A. (1942) Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 11(3), 240–287. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/57638
  • Piza, S.de T., Jr. (1968) Insetos de Piracicaba. Universidade de São Paulo, Esola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, 123 pp.
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  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to dark hind legs.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056