Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
Species

Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch, 1896

CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male, mirror area (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500511; 1de99d71-f86d-4626-8c5a-8201edc14217, DORSA BTcatextHTM: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch, 1896

    Holotype; male; DORSA BTcatextHTM; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud: Océan: Lolodorf

  • Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1906: 416.
  • Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch, 1896 in Massa, 2021: 57.
  • Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch, 1896 in Massa, 2025: 24.

References (11)

  • 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
  • Huxley, J. (1972) The female of Catoptropteryx extensipes Karsch with a note on C. guttatipes Karsch (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 108, 177–178.
  • 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. (2017) New data and taxa for Orthoptera Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 53(4), 236–255. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TettigoniidaeAcrididaeTropicalAfrica_Massa2017.pdf
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2009) A survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 50, 34–39. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/book/10.1896/978-1-934151-26-6
  • 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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001