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Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895

Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: Fig. 149. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: Fig. 149. male head and pronotum, dorsal view (mandibular process 14-20, pronotum 7, tegmina 22-26 mm). (Otu).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895: 180.

    Holotype; male; 1a532afe-8e93-4c38-8408-7c8f57fc0c2b; deposited at: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS); Peru: Huánuco: Huanuco

  • Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 in Kirby, 1906: 330.
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  • Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 in Beier, 1963: 183.
  • Dicranostomus nitidus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 in Heller & Helb, 2021: 91.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for handsome or beautiful.

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