Skip to main content
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.

Nomenclature 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.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1001