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Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890

CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: female, lateral view (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: female, lateral view (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: female, lateral view (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: ovipositor (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: female ovipositor (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500515; 7e31aada-2198-449d-b685-42ba84312386, DORSA BTcatmacHTF: labels (holotype of Catoptropteryx maculipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male, stridulatory area. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male stridulatory file (from different specimen?). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male cerci. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: male cerci. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: specimen vial. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502911; e4e58ae3-53e9-41a3-a94a-44dc3106dab6: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890: 260.

    Holotype; female; 275ac31f-6c44-4f21-a8b7-cb0a0a64f4e0; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud: Océan: Kribi

  • Catoptropteryx maculipennis Karsch, 1896: 260.

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

  • Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2021: 58.
  • Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890 in Massa, 2025: 25.

References (14)

  • Bolívar, I. (1902) Contributions à l'étude des Phaneropterinae de la Nouvelle-Guinée, appartenant au Muséum National de Budapest. Természetrajzi Füzetek, 25, 181–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48115#page/189/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale in Bruxelles. 5 Phaneropteridae, pars 2. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 201–226. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/215/mode/1up
  • 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) Neue westafrikansiche durch Herrn Premierlieutenant Morgen von Kribi eingesendete Orthopteren. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16, 257–276. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/271/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Leroy, Y. (1970) Diversités d'aspects et évolution de la dissymétrie des râpes de stridulation des insectes orthoptères Phaneropterinae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences, 270, 96–99.
  • 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. (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

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