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Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838)

Alfred's Shieldback

male, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male pronotum, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male abdomen tip, dorsal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male, base of tegmen. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male pronotum, lateral view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male, frontal view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
male, lateral view. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.
labels. Depicts CollectionObject 1527265; a67f68f3-4285-4a41-a4cd-e7a71b7f070d, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (7)

  • Thyreonotus semi-aeneus [sic] Serville, 1838: 496.

    Syntypes (n= 3); individual; 6e256dd0-6ed7-4756-8b7f-0e4c6b22ba6e; South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Thyreonotus semiaeneus Serville, 1838: 496.
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  • Thorancistus [sic] semiaeneus (Serville, 1838) in Chopard, 1955: 276.
  • Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838) in Rentz, 1988: 278.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • 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
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  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1988) The shield-backed katydids of Southern Africa: their taxonomy, ecology and relationships to the faunas of Australia and S. America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 2(2), 223–335.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum, 3. Some less known or new genera and species of subfamilies Tettigoniidae and Decticinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 71(3-4), 492–537.

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