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Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960

Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960: Fig. 145. female habitus (body length 33-36, pronotum 6.5, hind femur 29-30, ovipositor 14-15 mm). (Otu).
Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960: Fig. 145. female habitus (body length 33-36, pronotum 6.5, hind femur 29-30, ovipositor 14-15 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female face (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female ovipositor (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532909; da5113a6-8147-4dd5-a301-89e3845a1b33: female hind femur (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male pronotum and stridulatory apparatus, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534506; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female pronotum, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female pronotum, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female face (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: ovipositor (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: female subgenital plate (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534721; 749d7da9-5053-4fe6-beab-5221844bc758: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960: 238.

    Holotype; male; ce5c044c-63a5-4c64-bd5b-3821a3e5c63a; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Ecuador: Santa Inéz

  • Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960 in Beier, 1963: 181.
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  • Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960 in Morris, 2009: 166.
  • Myopophyllum speciosum Beier, 1960 in Heller & Hemp, 2014: 5.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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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  • Heller, K.-G. & Hemp, C. (2014) Fiddler on the tree - a bush-cricket species with unusual stridulatory organs and song. PLoS One, 9(3), 1–7. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0092366
  • 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
  • Mason, A.C., Morris, G.K. & Wall, P. (1991) High ultrasonic hearing and tympanal slit function in rainforest katydids. Die Naturwissenschaften, 78(8), 365–367.
  • Morris, G.K. (2009) Andean ultrasonics: bioacoustics of two tropical montane katydids. Canadian Acoustics, 37(3), 166–167. Available at http://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2186
  • Morris, G.K., Mason, A.C., Wall, P. & Belwood, J.J. (1994) High ultrasonic and tremulation signals in neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of Zoology, London, 233(1), 129–163.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for handsome or beautiful.

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