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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960

Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960: female, lateral view (allotype). (Otu).
Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960: female, lateral view (allotype). (Otu).
Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960: Fig. 158. female habitus (pronotum length 5.5-6, tegmen 47-50, ovipositor 16-17 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1531744; a13053fe-fd9c-4fd1-b3c0-1f708b86f2bd: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531744; a13053fe-fd9c-4fd1-b3c0-1f708b86f2bd: male pronotum and stridulatory area, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531744; a13053fe-fd9c-4fd1-b3c0-1f708b86f2bd: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960: 259.

    Holotype; male; a13053fe-fd9c-4fd1-b3c0-1f708b86f2bd; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Surinam

  • Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960 in Beier, 1963: 186.
  • Platychiton surinamus Beier, 1960 in Naskrecki, 2011: 109.

References (3)

  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2011) A rapid biological assessment of katydids of the Kwamalasamutu region, Suriname (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 63, 104–109. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1896/054.063.0109

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution in Surinam.

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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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