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Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891

Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891: Pl. II, Fig. 5. female, habitus (tegmina 40 mm, ovipositor12.5 mm). (Otu).
Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891: Pl. II, Fig. 5. female, habitus (tegmina 40 mm, ovipositor12.5 mm). (Otu).
Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891: Fig. 75. male left tegmen (length 26-27 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female dorsal (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female pronotum dorsal (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534584; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male, lateral view (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male pronotum lateral (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male face (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male habitus, dorsal view (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male stridulatory apparatus (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: male pronotum lateral (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535107; cc06ea26-a48b-4602-a449-4049353c345c: labels (male syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female, dorsal view (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female wing (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female pronotum dorsal (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female supra-anal plate (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female ovipositor (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female subgenital plate (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: female sternum (syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535905; 30f364c9-4da0-4be3-9b51-2017f004f1b1: labels (female syntype of Tomias oblitteratus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Tomias stenopterus Karsch, 1891: 90.

    Holotype; female; 08da0c0a-105b-4d42-b61a-b96863ea1b75; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Cameroon

  • Tomias stenopterus Karsch, 1891 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 62.
  • Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891 in Massa, 2021: 419.
  • Tomias (Tomias) stenopterus Karsch, 1891 in Massa, 2025: 13.

References (14)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Orthopterologische Beiträge IV. Beiträge zur Systematik der Pseudophylliden Afrika's. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 71–114, pls. 2–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1895) Monographie der Pseudophylliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45, 1–282. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0007_0001-0282.pdf
  • Bolívar, I. (1906) Fasgonurídeos de la Guinea Española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 327–377. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1342
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Zur Orthopterenfauna des Kamerungebirges. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(37), 1–30, pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/857/mode/1up
  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Beier, M. (1957) Pseudophyllinae aus dem Belgischen Congo (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 55, 49–68.
  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Paris, M. (1994) Catálogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. [1993] Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427
  • Liana, A. (1999) The type material of Pseudophyllidae (Orthoptera) in the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, Warsaw. Bulletin of the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS, 2, 45–62. Available at http://rcin.org.pl/Content/56970/WA058_76509_P255_Bull-2-5.pdf
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) Sylvan katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and descriptions of new species. Zootaxa, 1712, 1–41.
  • 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. (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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Narrow-winged, from Greek στενός, narrow and πτερόν, wing.

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