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Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870)

Greater Bark Katydid
Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870): Fig. 128. female head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870): Fig. 128. female head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516912; 174fedf2-04f7-4683-9cf9-c6fb7d9357d9: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516912; 174fedf2-04f7-4683-9cf9-c6fb7d9357d9: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female, lateral view (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female, dorsal view (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female face (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female subgenital plate (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: female ovipositor (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529678; 5ba02966-8c1d-4430-8691-345a88c02878: labels (holotype of Cymatomera cornuta). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (21)

  • Cymatomera spilophora Walker, 1870: 455.

    Holotype; female; 174fedf2-04f7-4683-9cf9-c6fb7d9357d9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); East Africa [probably Tanzania]

  • Cymatomera brancsiki Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 86.

    Syntype; male; c4331462-9d52-4c52-9d52-1cf82ec0adec; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Africa: Zambezi. Syntype; female; bf126157-d4f1-4a69-af06-307e6dd4a4f7; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Africa: Zambezi

  • Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870) in Hemp, 2021: 393.
  • Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870) in Massa, 2022: 28.

References (15)

  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) List of Orthoptera of Uganda. In The Uganda Protectorate. pp. 467–468. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51646#page/601/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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1913) Neue Orthopteren aus Ost-und Westafrika nebst einigen anderen zugehörigen Formen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 8(6), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30180#page/99/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm 4. Tettigoniidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 13, 1–30.
  • Chopard, L. (1935) Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928-1929). Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra, 85, 43 pp.
  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
  • de Jong, C. (1960) Orthopterological notes IV. Notes on Indomalayan and African Pterophyllinae (Tettigoniidae). Zoologische Verhandlingen, 45, 1–70. Available at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317667
  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • Massa, B. (2022) New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 54(1), 27–44. Available at http://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/725

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