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Catoptropteryx ambigua Huxley, 1970

CollectionObject 1517209; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517209; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517209; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517209; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517209; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520825; 7f5dff18-43ec-4a64-b89a-0ea4a6b019c4: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520825; 7f5dff18-43ec-4a64-b89a-0ea4a6b019c4: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520825; 7f5dff18-43ec-4a64-b89a-0ea4a6b019c4: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520825; 7f5dff18-43ec-4a64-b89a-0ea4a6b019c4: male cerci (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520825; 7f5dff18-43ec-4a64-b89a-0ea4a6b019c4: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Catoptropteryx ambigua Huxley, 1970: 159.

    Holotype; female; 57c439c7-c6fa-4a2f-9504-6a12eaf3e444; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Uganda: Bundibugyo: Bwamba, Ntandi

  • Catoptropteryx ambigua Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2013: 128.
  • Catoptropteryx ambigua Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2021: 431.
  • Catoptropteryx ambigua Huxley, 1970 in Massa, 2025: 28.

References (7)

  • 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
  • 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
  • Mungai, M.N., Lange, C.N., Muriuki, J.M., Ingrisch, S., Oyieke, H., Muchai, M. & Lampe, K.-H. (2013) Type specimens of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea and Dermaptera in the collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplementum(60), 93–97. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-228364
  • Massa, B., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • Massa, B. (2021) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 4974(3), 401–458.
  • Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • 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

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