genus

Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890

Type

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

Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890: 361.
type species by original monotypy Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890
Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890 in Karsch, 1896: 335.
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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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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

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.