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Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888

Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888: female, head and pronotum. (Otu).
Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888: Fig. 9. male, dorsal view (body length 24-25.5 mm, pronotum 5.8 mm, tegmen 32-33.5 mm, hind femur 15 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male, base of left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male, base of right tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male frons (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500611; 7d35663d-95d8-4a8e-8257-2b1535c543eb, DORSA BTweipraHTM: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501751; 463a16de-6527-4751-80eb-c5d3c390e73c: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501751; 463a16de-6527-4751-80eb-c5d3c390e73c: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501751; 463a16de-6527-4751-80eb-c5d3c390e73c: female ovipositor. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501751; 463a16de-6527-4751-80eb-c5d3c390e73c: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888: 66.

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

  • Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888 in Karsch, 1889: 419, 441.
  • Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888 in Massa, Annoyer, Perez, Danflous & Duvot, 2020: 430.
  • Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888 in Massa, 2021: 68.

References (11)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi e Fanerotteridi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3(2), 358–397. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/366/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1888) Weissenbornia, eine neue Orthopteren- (Phaneropteriden-) Gattung aus Deutsch-Westafrika. Entomologische Nachrichten, 14, 65–67. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Beiträge III. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 32, 415–464. [1888] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34458#page/475/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. (2016) On some interesting African katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Entomologia, 4(303), 1–15. Available at http://entomologia.pagepress.org/index.php/entomologia/article/view/303
  • 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., 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. (2004) A rapid survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon, Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 35, 47–52.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) The katydids of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 47, 63–68. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1896/054.047.0112
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001
Subspecies2013