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Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005

Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005: Fig. 1 A. male habitus (body length 35-38 mm, pronotum 17-18 mm). (Otu).
Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005: Fig. 1 A. male habitus (body length 35-38 mm, pronotum 17-18 mm). (Otu).
Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005: male from Grão Mogol in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Otu).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005: 5.

    Holotype; male; ccbb1390-0288-4a4b-b8cb-b16b919b9cf6; deposited at: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP); Brazil: Minas Gerais: Grão Mogol, Fazenda São Francisco

  • Spinapecta alieniphaga Naskrecki & Lopes-Andrade, 2005 in Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Lopes-Andrade, C. (2014) The phallus in Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera): revision of morphology and terminology, and discussion on its taxonomic importance and evolution. Zootaxa, 3815(2), 151–199.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Lopes-Andrade, C. (2005) A new genus and species of katydids of the tribe Polyancistrini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) from Brazil, an apparent pest of Eucalyptus plantations. Zootaxa, 952, 1–8.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from the Latin word alienus = foreign and the Greek word phagein = eat, to reflect the feeding habit of the new species on non-native plants of Eucalyptus.

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