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Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950

Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950: Fig. 150. female, dorsal view (body length 60-75, pronotum 16-17, tegmina 16-17, tympanum 9.5-10, hind femora 41-42, ovipositor 34-35.5 mm). (Otu).
Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950: Fig. 150. female, dorsal view (body length 60-75, pronotum 16-17, tegmina 16-17, tympanum 9.5-10, hind femora 41-42, ovipositor 34-35.5 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1531935; c164e09d-2eb4-400b-bb5c-6011ae245290: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531935; c164e09d-2eb4-400b-bb5c-6011ae245290: female, tegmina (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531935; c164e09d-2eb4-400b-bb5c-6011ae245290: ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538534; 64b31ce1-5fb6-4724-ac96-99a6cb69ef65: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538534; 64b31ce1-5fb6-4724-ac96-99a6cb69ef65: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950: 114.

    Holotype; female; c164e09d-2eb4-400b-bb5c-6011ae245290; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Ecuador: Pastaza: Pastaza

  • Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950 in Beier, 1960: 248.
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  • Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950 in Madigosky, 2004: 440.
  • Panoploscelis specularis Beier, 1950 in Chamorro-Rengifo, Cadena-Castañeda, Braun, Montealegre-Z., Romero, Serna Marquez & González, 2011: 32.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Beier, M. (1950) Das Genus Panoploscelis Scudder (Orthot.-Pseudophyllinae). Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Entomology, Stockholm, 1948, 111–115.
  • Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
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  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Braun, H., Montealegre-Z., F., Romero, R.I., Serna Marquez, F.H. & González, R. (2011) Checklist and new distribution records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3023, 1–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/240124470_Checklist_and_new_distribution_records_of_katydids_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_from_Colombia
  • Gwynne, D.T. (2001) In Katydids & Bush-Crickets: Reproductive Behavior and Evolution of the Tettigoniidae. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 317 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Q_svaiSYja8C
  • Madigosky, S.R. (2004) Survival strategies: a matter of life and death. In Forest Canopies. Second Edition. Eds. Margaret Lowman & H. Bruce Rinker. 423–450 pp.
  • Montealegre-Z., F., Guerra, P.A. & Morris, G.K. (2003) Panoploscelis specularis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae): extraordinary female sound generator, male description, male protest and calling signals. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 12(2), 173–181. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/1082-6467%282003%29012%5B0173%3APSOTPE%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for resembling or relating to a mirror, alluding to the large transparent structure of the female's tegmina.

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