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Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888

Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888: Fig. 2 a. female, dorsal view (tegmen length 27 mm, hind femur 19 mm, ovipositor 14 mm). (Otu).
Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888: Fig. 2 a. female, dorsal view (tegmen length 27 mm, hind femur 19 mm, ovipositor 14 mm). (Otu).
Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888: Fig. 2 b. female head, lateral view. (Otu).
Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888: Fig. 148. male head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534505; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888: 362.

    Holotype; female; fb31cbfd-ab02-49a8-9771-15fe1a7d62c8; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Peru: San Martín: Cumbasi [San Antonio de Cumbaza]

  • Dicranostomus monocerus [sic] Dohrn, 1888 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 180.
  • Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888 in Heller & Helb, 2021: 90.
  • Dicranostomus monocerus [sic] Dohrn, 1888 (misspelling of Dicranostomus monoceros Dohrn, 1888)

References (8)

  • Dohrn, H.W.L. (1888) Ueber einige merkwürdige Pseudophylliden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 49, 353–362. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36011#page/377/mode/1up
  • 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. (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
  • Gurney, A.B. (1950) On Dicranostomus, a remarkable Peruvian genus of katydids; and notes on other insects having elongate mandibles. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 43, 546–554.
  • Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • 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
  • Heller, K.-G. & Helb, M. (2021) Revision of the tusked bush-crickets (Tettigonioidea: Pseudophyllinae: Dicranostomus) with description of the hitherto unknown sexes. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 30(1), 87–94. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/62170/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for unicorn (although both mandibles with a long spine).

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