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Disceratus nubiger Scudder, 1869

CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: 1999. male (staged photograph at day). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: 1999. male (staged photograph at day). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: 1999. male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479258; cce44bce-01e6-4566-a5fc-cc09a9cf6f21, cbt016s01: pencil drawing, 13-15 October 2003. male habitus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507293; f41d3058-bd33-464e-8356-98d739c5feb7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Disceratus nubiger Scudder, 1869: 335.

    Holotype; female; f41d3058-bd33-464e-8356-98d739c5feb7; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); Ecuador: Pichincha: Antisana, Salto

  • Disceratus nubiger Scudder, 1869 in Orton, 1872: 652.
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  • Gnathoclita (Disceratus) nubiger (Scudder, 1869) in Gorochov, 2014: 144.
  • Disceratus nubiger Scudder, 1869 in Braun, 2016: 3.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • 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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  • Braun, H. (2016) Notes on the tropical Andean genus Disceratus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Pseudophyllinae), the probable male of D. nubiger, and its calling song. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 25(1), 1–5. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.025.0102
  • 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
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2014) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 3. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 318(2), 109–147. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_318_2/TZ_318_2_Gorochov.pdf
  • Hebard, M. (1924) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 76, 109–248.
  • 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
  • Orton, J. (1872) Contributions to the natural history of the valley of Quito. III. Articulates. The American Naturalist, 6, 650–657. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/2447477?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Notes on Orthoptera collected by Prof. James Orton on either side of the Andes of Equatorial South America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 12, 330–345. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37039#page/338/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-1879, with a revision of their nomenclature. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 27(12), 201–218. [1896] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/257772#page/321/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Meaning "borne by the clouds", probably alluding to cloud forest habitat.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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