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genus

Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890

Type

Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890 type species by original monotypy of Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890

Nomenclature (8)

  • Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890: 361.

    type species by original monotypy Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890

  • Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890 in Karsch, 1896: 335.
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  • Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2013: 126.
  • Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2016: 42.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Huxley, J. (1970) A revision of the genus Catoptropteryx Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 24(5), 129–170. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis24entolond
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Deutsch-Westafrika 1890 gesammelten Locustodeen aus den Familien der Phaneropteriden, Mekonemiden und Gryllakriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16(23), 353–369. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/367/mode/1up
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Massa, B. (2013) Diversity of leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) of Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, with selected records from other African countries. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 22(2), 125–152. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.022.0201
  • Massa, B. (2016) The identity of the tropical African Polichne mukonja Griffini, 1908 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). ZooKeys, 621, 37–44. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9725
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek κάτοπτρον, mirror, and πτέρῠξ, wing, relating to the presence of a hyaline mirror on the right tegmen of males.

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